Sep 7, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
Pussy Riot and the Temple Incident by Brad Jersak I’ve been asking afresh why the political and religious authorities of Jesus’ day thought it necessary to conspire in his death. What did he do or say that constituted a capital crime in their minds? It was...
Aug 18, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
For the past week I’ve been marinating in Kevin Miller’s Huffington Post article, “Why We Need the Language of Hell.” That bit of commentary, penned by the director of the, Hellbound? Documentary, may be the most poignant summary of humanity’s perennial need for wrath...
Jul 23, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
“God does no violence to secondary causes in the accomplishment of his ends.”[1] In this article, I will attempt to creatively apply a theology of the Cross or ‘divine consent’ towards a metaphorical reading of wrath back into those Scriptures that so repulse those...
Apr 13, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
1. Start with meditating on this statement: "It is what it is." This statement originates with Luther's Heidelberg Disputation, 1518, where he says, “19. That person does not deserve to be called a theologian who looks upon the invisible things of...
Apr 10, 2012 | Author - Brad Jersak
A friend recently asked to respond to the following statement: Through the resurrection, Jesus conquered and disempowered death, but he also reclaimed death as a natural blessing to the rhythm of life and shows us that it is possible to...
