Immigration and the Kingdom of God
How do we approach the issue of immigration as citizens of the kingdom of God? I have a piece exploring this question in
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The Bone and the Spirit
Here is a sort of prophetic train of thought based on Ezek 37:1-14, the “Valley of Dry Bones” passage. New life comes for
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A Sense of Ending
There’s a well-written and insightful piece by Gavin Jacobsen in The Times Literary Supplement, about the modern-day sense of things coming to an
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Why Does The Gospel Writer Mention that Jesus Slept in the Boat
Here is my latest post at the Gospel Coalition website about the possible reasons Mark selects out the fact that Jesus was sleeping
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The Kind of King We Need
I have a short piece in Tabletalk magazine recently about the context of the prophet’s messianic hope in Isaiah 9 and the way
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Speaking to Conflict and Division
This interview was recorded before the 2018 elections, but it came out during this poignant moment nonetheless. There’s no doubt that we live
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Faith and Service
The following began as a short homily delivered at the prayer breakfast of a local Air Force Base this past spring. It has
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A New RTStories Video: David Frerichs
David Frerichs is a friend and a part of my church’s leadership. He is also a part of the learning community at RTS
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Solidarity and Union in Christian Persecution
I was privileged to participate in a conference on the persecuted church hosted by the Institute on Religion & Democracy at the Dirksen
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The Story of the Bible Museum
I got a chance to walk through the Museum of the Bible’s exhibits that recount the content of the biblical story with my
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