Myles Werntz

Contributor

Myles Werntz is associate professor of theology and director of Baptist Studies at Abilene Christian University, where he teaches in the Graduate School of Theology. He is the author and editor of several books in Christian theology and Christian ethics, most recently From Isolation to Community (2022) and A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence (2022). He lives in Abilene with his wife and two sons, and writes regularly at Christian Ethics in the Wild.

The shadow of a woman's face in front of an Egyptian pyramid

Egypt’s Redemption—and Ours

The flight of the holy family is more than a historical curiosity. It points us toward the breadth and beauty of God’s redemption.

A still from the movie depicting Bonhoeffer sitting and thinking at his desk.

‘Bonhoeffer’ Bears Little Resemblance to Reality

The new biopic from Angel Studios twists the theologian’s life and thought to make a political point.

Time Is Not a Political Promise

Candidates say they’ll revive a gloried past or birth a better future. But Christians especially should know that isn’t how time works.

People in the 1970s walking out of a church

You Don’t Need a Rule of Life

What you need is a church.

Homeschooling for the Common Good

I never thought I’d be a homeschool parent, not least because I support public education. An improbable shift changed my perspective.

Scarcity’s Strange Gifts

Church attendance is down. Giving is iffy. Ministers are tired. But God is with us in lean times too.

Particular Wrongs Need Particular Remedies

Every sin requires Christ’s atonement. But the Bible shows God punishing—and repairing—different sins differently.

Review

Truth from Power

David E. Fitch’s Reckoning with Power offers Christians a purer model of power but misreads how power operates in the ministry of the church.

‘The Armed Dove’ street art by Banksy near the Israeli separation West Bank Wall in Bethlehem.

This Is the Violent World in Which Christ Commands Peace

The horror of terrorism reminds us anew of how impossible it feels to love our enemies.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Church Is Life Together or Not at All

It’s time for evangelicals to rediscover Bonhoeffer’s best-known work on the nature of Christian community.