Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
For the last decade, I have given much time and ink to the importance of “Tuning in to the God who speaks.” Mainly, this has involved encouraging Christians to take seriously God’s promise, “When you call on me, I will answer you,” (Jer. 33:3) and Jesus’ own...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
Deepak Chopra’s Peace is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End (New York: Harmony Books, 2005). Review by Brad Jersak. What troubled me most about Deepak Chopra’s Peace is the Way is not that the author gives no pretence of being Christian. Nor was I surprised...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
(Nashville, TN:W Publishing Group, 2004). Not long ago, sociologist-activist-author Tony Campolo survived a serious stroke. In the aftermath, he emerged with new sense of prophetic urgency. The subtitle of his new book summarizes his redoubled mission this way: “The...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Random thoughts on Romans 12-13 with no pretence of cohesiveness… Romans chapter 13 is often quoted by those who uphold “just war theory” in debates with those who argue for a pacifist position. Pacifists tend to dismiss this passage too easily and militarists...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
Brad Jersak: The government, the media, and the church tend to try to use fear to manipulate, control, and leverage people. I believe using fear on people is an inappropriate thing to do. I’d like to hear your comments on that. Tony Campolo: Well, it is inappropriate....
