Feb 17, 2016 | Author - Brad Jersak
Screenshot from X-files episode "Babylon" *Spoilers included. This article assumes readers have watched the episode or won't mind spoilers. In the X-files episode entitled "Babylon," I was impressed with the research, creative writing,...
Sep 28, 2010 | Author - Brad Jersak
Karl Jersák, Paměti [Memories] (Bohemia, 1954, William Jersak’s collection in Sulejovice) cited in Edita Štěříková, Země Otců [Land of our Fathers] (Prague: The Society of Exiles in Prague, 1995), 110-113. Translated by Lloyd Jersak. On February 1, 1803, the first...
Sep 25, 2010 | Author - Brad Jersak
As part of the centenary of Lev Tolstoy’s death, I was been asked to reflect on Tolstoy and the Mennonites. Levi Miller wrote a fine article on the Tolstoy-Mennonite connection twelve years ago,[1] reviewing those Mennonite leaders in Russia and America who interacted...
Apr 1, 2010 | Author - Brad Jersak
I write this as a reflection on Eric Janzen’s “Prophetic Culture of the Kingdom” (part 4). In pondering your well-thought, well-stated articles on the Kingdom of God, part 4 gave me pause to consider your admittedly biblical use of military and imperial metaphors....
Oct 1, 2007 | Author - Brad Jersak
Many of the newsletters and articles that I’ve written throughout 2007 have been a repetitive reminder to the church that these days call for an upgrade in our discernment. I’m convinced that we must vigorously test the spirits (1 John 4:1-4) to see whether their...