Dec 18, 2015 | Author - Andrew Klager
Brad, I’m tracking with you on this unifying motif of “kingdom,” but I think—riffing off the “dominion of darkness” section in your article—that the pervasive darkness / Light motif throughout the Scriptures (esp. John) accompanies the presence of these two kingdoms...
Nov 16, 2015 | Author - Andrew Klager
People regularly ask me the question (often in an attempt to trick me without taking the time to find real answers to it first), “What should we do in the face of ISIS?” underpinned by the ubiquitous ostensibly silver-bullet question, "What should have we done in...
Oct 23, 2015 | Author - Andrew Klager, Author - Brad Jersak, Author - Brian Zahnd
Matt 22:1-14 Unchristlike Images of God in Matthean Parables A Mini-Minyan with Brad Jersak, Brian Zahnd, Derek Flood, Andrew Klager Introduction (Brad Jersak) I was recently invited to share thoughts and respond to questions about my book, A More...
Aug 2, 2015 | Author - Andrew Klager
How Christians should perceive the early 4th-century Roman emperor, Constantine—his role and legacy, whether harmful or beneficial—is a vexing question, one that has admittedly caused for me, as an Orthodox Christian and historian of Christianity, much...
Mar 25, 2015 | Author - Andrew Klager
Forest, Jim. Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-62698-090-7 I first met Jim Forest — author of Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment (Orbis, 2014)...
Feb 6, 2015 | Author - Andrew Klager
This is the myth that underlies our violence against the Other—our so-called “enemies”: One of the motivations of violence against the Other is portraying oneself—or “our side”—as completely “good” and one’s enemies—or “their side”—as completely “evil.” We do it all...