(Im)Perfect Humility: 5 Wise Voices – Brad Jersak
Humility. An evasive and misunderstood virtue. I’ve not learned it. But together, we can ponder it from five wise voices. Don’t figure it out. Just be still and marinate. 1. With Moby – “This Wild Darkness” Tried so hard to be good For myself, for you, for the hidden and divine For everything but I […]
On Billy Graham’s Repose
Billy Graham has passed away. “God of spirits and of all flesh, Who hast trampled down death and overthrown the Devil, and given life to Thy world, do Thou, the same Lord, give rest to the soul of Thy departed servant Billy in a place of brightness, a place of refreshment, a place of repose, […]
CWR magazine – Feb. 2018 – “The Great Migration”
CLICK HERE to read CWR magazine, Feb. 2018 Issue (Free PDF format) Brian McLaren: “The Great Migration” –pg. 3 Stephen Backhouse: “Soren Kierkegaard: Father of Christianity Without Religion” –pg. 6 CWR News, Updates, Coming Soon –pg. 10 Cindy Brandt: “Inconspicuous Hope” – pg. 12 Eden Jersak: “The Rose” –pg. 13 Greg Albrecht: “God’s Plan for […]
“Invite them—Bring them—Compel them”: The Escalating Compulsion of Grace – Brad Jersak
The Parable of the Great Supper 15 Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16 Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many,17 and sent his servant at supper time to […]
CWR magazine – Christmas Issue – “The King who became a man”
CLICK HERE to read the CWRm Christmas issue In this issue: “The King Who Became a Man” by Greg Albrecht (1-5) “The Great Scandal: That God Became Man” by Brad Jersak (5-7) “God With Us” by Eden Jersak (8-11, 14) Sidebar: “The Mennonites: People, Faith and Culture” (8) “Great News of Great Joy” by Laura Urista […]
Meeting House Interview with Bruxy Cavey: Atonement, Eternity and Orthodoxy
Click here to listen to “Atonement, Eternity and Orthodoxy (11/22/17)”
Question: Why do some people call you a heretic?
QUESTION: Why do some people call you a heretic? RESPONSE: To answer that question carefully, because it’s important, I need to embed it in a few other questions. First, what is a “heretic”? Second who calls me a heretic? Why do some call me a heretic? Am I a heretic? What do I believe? What […]
When Holy Mercy Touches the Dust of Death – Brad Jersak
Luke 7:11-17 (NRSV) Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son at Nain 11 Soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. 12 As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; […]
“Does God Punish?” Brad Jersak
Q: Brad, I have been told that you do not believe that God punishes. I have not listened to your sermons that contain such views. Would you please respond to this criticism? A: Thanks for asking. Of course to say either that God does or does not punish would be a very unnuanced claim for […]
“It is Finished”” The Cross as our Cosmic Axis – Brad Jersak
“Tetelestai,” cried Jesus, “It is finished!” (John 19:30). God’s redemptive plan, which began its arc in ages past, comes to its telos—its end-goal, its climax, it fulfillment—on the Cross. The “Lamb slaughtered from the foundation of the cosmos” (Revelation 13:8), now dying in space-time history under Pontius Pilate, calls out, “It is finished! Accomplished!” Christ […]