Mar 8, 2024 | Author - Brad Jersak
Parable of the Ten Virgins Have you ever given time to ponder Jesus' parable of the ten virgins? It raises notoriously difficult questions about what Jesus meant, what the various symbols represent, and how the parable should be understood and applied. And we...
Dec 23, 2023 | Author - Brad Jersak
In 2012, I visited Bethlehem, where I attended the Christ at the Checkpoint conference. He would not remember, but it was there and then that I met Dr. Munther Isaac. Little did I know that one day, we would become colleagues, as he is the Academic Dean of Bethlehem...
Aug 12, 2023 | Author - Brad Jersak
My ecclesial journey has included 20 years with the Baptists (via my parents), 10 years with the Mennonites (via marriage), another 10 years with renewal movement folks, including a church plant focused on the margins (mainly people with disabilities, addicts in...
Jul 17, 2023 | Author - Brad Jersak
Question I just finished Bradley Jersak's June 4, 2023 article: "The Devil…from the Arche." My wrestle is then how the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil could exist in Eden if there was no sin yet. If sin originates with humankind, what was...
Jun 29, 2023 | Author - Brad Jersak, Author - Brian Zahnd
Question: How are we to understand “Satan” or “the satan”? Brian Zahnd: I don’t know that we fully can, but I understand the satan to be a cosmic spiritual-psychic phenomenon arising from idolatry and accusation, reaching its ultimate form in anti-human empire. Thus,...
Jun 4, 2023 | Author - Brad Jersak
Brooke Quist, a new friend of mine through Open Table Conference, blew my mind. He was asking for my thoughts on who or what Satan (the satan) or the devil is. After sharing a few of the thoughts I’ve gleaned from René Girard, Michael Hardin, Brian Zahnd, and...
