Oct 10, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd
It’s Columbus Day in America. Sort of. While still a Federal holiday, less than half the states observe Columbus day. And in some states and in many cities today is observed as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Where Native Americans still have a fairly visible presence...
Oct 8, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd
At the end of Peter’s first epistle — a letter to believers living in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire — the apostle cryptically says, “She who is in Babylon greets you.” What does Peter mean by that enigmatic phrase? Why does Peter end his letter by...
Jun 20, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd, Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News (Waterbrook, 2017) There has been a decided turn in the last decade by many from within this historic conservative evangelical tribe to a more nuanced read of the Bible, the...
May 25, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Ascension Day. It’s the most obscure of all the major holy days on the Christian calendar. Coming forty days after Easter, it commemorates the Ascension of Christ. The Christian calendar is designed to tell the gospel story from Advent to Pentecost. But most...
May 2, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Kyrie EleisonBrian Zahnd Six months ago I walked across Spain. Five hundred miles.Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.Forty days and forty nights.A full life with two full moons. Harvest and Hunter’s.Heat and cold. Dust and rain. Wind and...
May 1, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd
The original name for what would eventually became known as Christianity was “the Way.” You won’t find “Christianity” in the Bible, but you will find “the Way” seven times in the book of Acts. If you had asked a baptized follower of Jesus during the first century,...
