Oct 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
A screed is a lengthy bit of writing that most readers generally find tedious. And tendentious. But today this has become a common genre among evangelicals of a certain tribe who are keen to shore up Christian support for the state of Israel at all costs. John...
Oct 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I was first introduced to the idea of a liminal experience it was in the reading of a book by Richard Rohr. Admittedly, I had to look the word up in the dictionary, but truth be told, I do that a lot anyway. The word liminal means a threshold and...
Sep 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Red Pill or Blue Pill? How much choice does any individual human actually have? We speak of "free will"—but how much of a choice to accept God's grace does anyone have, given the brainwashing and propaganda to which they are subjected? How...
Sep 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
News of jihadist brutalities in establishing an Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq and Syria has impacted me deeply. Beheadings of American and British prisoners, reports of violence against Kurds, Christians and even fellow Muslims with differing views is appalling...
Sep 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Editor's Note: Derek Vreeland serves at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri and is the author of Primal Creedo. Herein, Derek responds to Trevin Wax's critique of Richard Hays' book, The Moral Vision of the New...