Imbach’s Wager: High Trust Deconstruction – Brad Jersak

PASCAL’S WAGER Pascal was a genius mathematician and a brilliant philosopher/theologian. He is known in popular apologetics for what we call “Pascal’s Wager.” For a very precise discussion, I would refer readers to this article in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. A simplistic summary of the wager might say: It is in our best interest […]

Q & R with Brad: “Doesn’t Isaiah 59:1-2 Teach Separation from God?”

QUESTION: Hi Brad, I love the article you wrote on separation/alienation but I am having problems understanding the separation verses in scripture. The specific scripture I had trouble interpreting in light of your article on “separation” was Isaiah 59:1-2. Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That […]

“MY GOD, MY GOD” — The cry for help, heard & answered (biblical date) Brad Jersak

“And about the middle of the afternoon Jesus shouted out in a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? –which means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?” (Matt. 27:46). I can’t think of too many biblical passages that are more important and more misinterpreted than the oft-described “cry of dereliction.” So much has been […]

The Meeting Place: Facilitating Encounters with God – Brad Jersak

The Meeting Place is a meditative exercise in the traditions of the Psalmist and Ignatian spirituality. I learned it through the writings of the Spanish mystics, St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. We began practicing it in the context of inner healing ministry in the 1990s with dramatic effects, especially in the […]