Apr 4, 2012 | Author - Brian Zahnd
To Mend the Worldby Brian Zahnd November 9, 1938 resides in the catalog of human crimes as Kristallnacht—The Night of Broken Glass. On that dreadful night when Nazi storm troopers smashed, ransacked, burned, and destroyed Jewish homes, synagogues, and businesses...
Jan 25, 2012 | Author - Brian Zahnd
by BRIAN ZAHND on JANUARY 25, 2012 Satan and Empire When asked to identify the origin of Satan we are commonly directed to Isaiah 14. This is the passage where the King of Babylon is called Lucifer (Day Star) and described as “fallen from...
Dec 14, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
___________________________________________________________ The Advent of Imaginationby Brian Zahnd Are we lacking in imagination, we children of CainWe of the ancient, worn-out myopic Idea(Long since unworthy of that noble name)The horrid idea born a bastard east of...
Nov 22, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Rhythm (Redo) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST I’ve been thinking about Advent today. It starts Sunday, you know. (For those of us at Word of Life it really starts Friday night with our Thanksgiving Communion Service and Christmas Tree Lighting.) Anyway, alert...
Oct 29, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
The conservative evangelical political position in America is basically this: We have our Constitution — created by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson.It is a good thing; almost inspired. It has served us well and helped make us great.We...
Oct 27, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
This past summer I had a dream. I found myself in a church service standing in the midst of a large circle of people. As I looked around the circle, I was startled to see that they were more like zombies than anything; their faces were thin and gaunt, their skin pale...