Q: How do we avoid cherry-picking the Bible for a God of Love of our own wishes? Brad Jersak
QUESTION: How do you respond to people who object that we are imposing our own ideology of peace onto the Bible rather than letting the Bible speak for itself. When you “unwrath God,” aren’t you cherry-picking according to our own wishes for what you wish the text had said rather than submitting to what it […]
The Scandal of the Cross [or Lethal Injection Table] – Brad Jersak
This week I have been pondering afresh the scandal of the Cross as I read (for probably the fifth time) an article by Wm. Paul Young titled “The Killing House.” He writes about his experiences in visiting men on “death row,” scheduled for execution, most probably by lethal injection. I began to imagine Christ dying […]
The Bible: what is, how it came to be, what it’s for – Brad Jersak
Memory Eternal: My friend, Eugene Peterson – by Brad Jersak
This week marked the passing of my friend, Eugene H. Peterson, into that place of brightness and refreshing, where sorrow and mourning are no more, and Christ wipes away every tear from our eyes. I don’t call Peterson ‘my friend’ lightly. Nor do I intend to pseudo-humbly, not-so-subtly name drop. In one of the more […]
Rest for Those Weary of Chronic Grief and Fury – Brad Jersak
“Satan cannot drive out Satan.” —Jesus of Nazareth “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” —Friedrich Nietzsche They say that what you mock Will surely overtake you And you become a monster So the monster will […]
“No More of This!” (Why Jesus Armed and Disarmed Peter) – Brian Zahnd
It’s soon after midnight. We’re in an ancient olive grove with a full moon shining through the boughs. Jesus is in anguished prayer. Disciples are nearby…sleeping. We hear angry voices. A mob is approaching bearing torches. Now they’re upon us and the torchlight reveals the mob is bearing something else — weapons. A battle is […]
Reader’s Review of “A More Christlike God”
Dear Dr Jersak, I want to thank you for writing ‘A More Christlike God…’. It is, in a sense, the book (apart from the bible) for which I’ve been looking for most of my Christian life. By profession I’m an academic physicist so, as you can imagine, some bits of scripture don’t sit very easily […]
“Space for All at God’s Table” – Brad Jersak
“Space for All at God’s Table” – Brad Jersak “The Jesus Way makes space for all at God’s table; it enfolds all people as those whom God loves.” —Greg Albrecht “It’s easy to call people out. It’s harder to call them in. But confession is a helpful start.” —Jarrod McKenna The Pharisee and the Publican […]
Christ is a Walking, Talking Tree of Life, a Cross in Motion – Kenneth Tanner
“Christ is a walking, talking Tree of Life, a cross in motion, and everywhere he wanders healing comes to the world.” – Fr. Kenneth Tanner 2 Sam. 7:1-14a 1After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 he said to Nathan the prophet, […]
“THEY are IN?!” A Revolution of Radical Inclusion – Brad Jersak & Eric Stark
