Sep 10, 2018 | Author - Brad Jersak
Does God Save Us from God? Twitter statement: “God saves us from God. The One who mercifully drags us out of the rebellious city is the same One who rains down fire upon it.” Thus wrote a popular tweeter whose handle I’ll withhold out of respect and concern. God saves...
Jun 16, 2018 | Author - Brad Jersak
Rom 12-13: The genius of Paul is that the Emperor he calls believers to submit to is one and the same evil he calls us to overcome with good. NOTE: FOR A FANTASTIC ARTICLE ON OUR FIRST ALLEGIANCE TO CHRIST, see Greg Albrecht’s work titled, “On Nation Under God?” in...
Jun 13, 2018 | Author - Brad Jersak
In night visions, the prophet saw a house on top of a mountain. A spring of water bubbles up from the floorboards and trickles across the floor. By the time it exits the door and crosses the deck, it is two feet deep. Running off the deck and toward the cliff, the...
May 22, 2018 | Author - Brad Jersak
In April 2018, Pope Francis met with children from the parish of St. Paul of the Cross in Corviale, Italy.1 During a Q & A time, a little boy named Emanuele approached the microphone but became emotional and was unable to ask his question. “Come,...
May 4, 2018 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
Gregory of Nyssa reads the Psalms soteriologically. Abridged excerpt from Ronald E. Heine, Gregory of Nyssa’s Treatise on the Inscriptions of the Psalms (Oxford, 1995), 43. [note: emphases and brackets mine] For Gregory of Nyssa, the skopoV[aim] of the Psalter...
Mar 13, 2018 | Author - Brad Jersak
Humility. An evasive and misunderstood virtue. I've not learned it. But together, we can ponder it from five wise voices. Don't figure it out. Just be still and marinate. 1. With Moby – "This Wild Darkness" Tried so hard to be...
