To revolutionaries, Jesus’ character may seem like we’re “aiding and abetting” the enemy, enabling injustice and tyranny. The reality is something quite different. Showing mercy to our enemies displays the power and character of our Lord Jesus Christ, and challenges the legitimacy of worldly power itself.
Tag: Politics
For Love Of The Truth
The Meme-ing has returned.
Ashamed
I have seen, over the past few months, a number of well-meaning people asserting that one of the things Jesus came to accomplish was to free people from shame. From what I gathering, the claim is if people are released from the shackles of shame they will be free to become the people they will…
Political Evil
On a normal Wednesday I’d been unpacking yesterday’s fiction piece, but this is not a normal Wednesday. It’s not normal because yesterday the President of the United States rescinded an executive order which prevented the children of undocumented immigrants, brought into this country through no fault of their own, from being deported.
About |Puritanism|
Charting a third way course between warring ideological faction often feels like using the third rail as a balance beam.
We Are One
During my recent visit to the Museum of the American Revolution I was made aware of a Revolutionary symbol which I’d never before encountered. Many people are aware of Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” political drawing. It features a snake cut into pieces, each piece corresponding to one of the colonies 1. It was a…
