Jesus is Lord and death is not — 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...
Resurrection Here and Now by Brian Zahnds
Resurrection Here and Now Resurrection Here and Now An Easter Monday Meditation On that first Easter morning God’s new world began. The old world is still with us, still dying, but the new world is here too; the age to come has already begun! Or as G.K. Chesterton put...
Dateline Bethlehem: Christ at the Checkpoint Pt 3 — by Brad Jersak
"The risk is that the Holy Land is becoming a 'spiritual Disneyland.'"—Fouad Twal, Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem Like millions of others throughout the centuries—Jewish, Muslim and Christian—I saw my trip to the Holy Land as a...
Review of Dennis Gruending’s ‘Pulpit and Politics’ — by Ron Dart
Review of Dennis Gruending, Pulpit and Politics: Competing Religious Ideologies in Canadian Public Life, 2011. By Ron Dart. I have taught Ideology and Politics for many years, and the dominant ideology that has often shaped how politics and ideology is...
Review of Nicholas Wolterstorff’s “Justice, rights and wrongs” by Henk Smidstra
Book Review by Henk Smidstra on Nicholas Wolterstorff’s book, Justice: rights and wrongs, Princeton University Press. 2008 I found this book by Nicholas Wolterstorff truly relevant in its discussion of the topic of discussion: justice, justice as inherent rights; it...
To Mend the World by 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...
Honduras Update: Contending for life in a climate of death — by Bob Ekblad
When Gracie and I moved to Honduras in July 1982 the country was considered the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Wars raged in the region and death-squad violence created a climate of terror. Over the last 30 years we’ve witnessed the power of God’s...
God Sent Snakes – Poem by Jeff Imbach
God Sent Snakes(Numbers 14) God sent snakes. Killed the bastards for complaining just because...
Razor Wire and Piggy Back Rides: A Story out of Solitary with Holly Braun
Friends, Neaners finally got to hold his daughters at his first visit out of solitary confinement last month. Here is the story, as written up by Tierra Nueva staff member Holly Braun, who drove his daughters across Washington State to see him in prison. C Razor Wire...
Hellbound? Press Release
TEASER TRAILER RELEASE THIS WEEK OFFERS FIRST LOOK AT THIS COMPELLING AND CONTROVERSIAL FILM Hellbound? Teaser Trailer 1080 from Darren Hull Studios Inc. on Vimeo. Hellbound?, a much-anticipated feature-length documentary, is an in-depth look at today’s highly...