Category: Kingdom
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#9: In Christian Nationalism, Jesus is Underemployed
Sitting comfortably up there in a rolling chair, Jesus gives us a knowing wink as we get about the very messy business of day-to-day political wrangling, ready to give his blessing to our actions. And at the end of it all, he’s there to forgive us for the countless times we brazenly cross moral and…
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#2: A Christian Nationalist Deserter
At the vertex of my turn away from Christian nationalism stood a shit-stirring seaside woodworker named Jesus.
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Bad Ideas: The Mark of the Beast
Patty vs. The Minions of the Antichrist t’s a Wednesday evening, around the time of the Gulf War. I’m in a narrow rectangular room with around fifteen other boys, members of our church’s Boy’s Brigade group (a Christian version of the Boy Scouts). A television and VCR are positioned at one end of the room…
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Submission to All, Allegiance to None
Submission can be painful and humbling. When Steve What’s-His-Name kicked my ass back in the fifth grade, pulling my jacket over my head hockey-style and twisting my arm behind my back until I submitted, I won’t lie and say it didn’t sting my pride. Likewise, when writers like Peter and Paul entreat their audiences to…
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Joe, Donald, Daniel, Dragons, Doom and Dispensationalism
Sure, there are conspiracies out there. The travesty of hot dogs sold in packs of eight and buns in packs of six – forcing you to buy 3 packs of hotdogs and 4 packs of buns to balance the equation – is well documented. Just another way ‘Big Sausage’ and ‘Big Bakery’ conspire against us….
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Why I’m Not a Patriot
Eventually, I broke off the love affair with my nation, when I decided it was at odds with my faith. Actually, I just ghosted it until it stopped expecting anything from me.
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Is This the Moment?
This is the moment, I guess. Well, not precisely this moment. At the present moment, we’ll pay respects and acknowledge (I hope) the passing of an extraordinary woman. Sure, the usual assortment of trolls will no doubt emerge from under their bridges to ooze vitriol toward Ruth Bader Ginsberg onto their Twitter feeds. But I…
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The Kingdom Series: Wake the Hell Up to the Kingdom of Heaven
You won’t find the Kingdom through the scope of a gun, but in the firing line. In the margins and the unseen dimensions of the world.
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The Kingdom Series: Jesus Ascending
Jesus wasn’t hitching a ride back to his home in the sky, or taking the escalator to the ‘upper floor’ – This was about ascending a throne.
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The Kingdom Series: Proof of Life
Jesus’ Facebook page is out of date – otherwise we might be able to prove he was alive. The first witnesses, though, saw his new life as proof of something more.