The Unvarnished Jesus – Brian Zahnd

I have a new book release! The Unvarnished Jesus: A Lenten Journey. This is a book of daily devotions taking the reader on a journey with Jesus from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday. I know we’re still in Advent, but I wanted to give you enough time to have The...

Hell… and How to Get There – Brian Zahnd

(This is chapter 6 of Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God. I want you to have it. Share it freely and widely.) Hell…and How to Get ThereBrian Zahnd My dad was in the process of his slow dying. Dementia had rendered this intelligent and articulate judge nearly as mute...

A Formula for Atheism – Brian Zahnd

A few years ago the pastor of an evangelical-fundamentalist church with whom I’m acquainted announced on the Sunday after Easter that he had become an atheist. He told his stunned congregation that he had been an atheist for a year and a half and that all attempts to...

Christ and the Vilified Other – Brian Zahnd

Let me begin by talking about the land, the Holy Land, the land of the Bible. Geography played a significant role in shaping ancient Hebrew ethics and theology. Situated between the northern and southern superpowers of the ancient Near East, Israel lived under...