Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
Episode 183 | 15 min
Don’t blame bible prophecy for a war with Iran.
Are we in the last days? Yes. Everything from the empty tomb onward are the last days.
Could Jesus return at any moment? Absolutely.
But can we track that coming based on the bombing schedules of Israel or Iran? No.
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Christian aviation and relief groups say increased fuel costs and shipping disruptions make it difficult for them to help the world’s most vulnerable.
Exodus’s midwives can teach us a lot about how to fear God more than the king.
It offered the certitude of a pat narrative when what I needed was music and literature to interrogate myself.
Public Theology Project
Perhaps this blasphemous image can expose what we’ve become—and, ironically, lead the way back to what’s real.
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A painful history with church-run schools has many Indigenous people wary of Christianity. Native ministries are working to share the real Jesus.
Jesus spoke peace to his disciples as they hid. Iranian Christians modeled for me that same resistance with grace.