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Were the Crusades Morally Superior to Paintballing?
This rant cum historical excursion has been brought to you by the article I read today in the NY Times, The Holy Grail of Battle Re-enactments. Being in church work, I’ve gone paint-balling a few...
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Should Christians Support War Against Syria?
With military action against Syria increasingly looking like a foregone conclusion, I’ve heard lots of chatter on NPR and elsewhere about the separation of powers and what authority the constitution...
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Syria: What Brian Zahnd Gets Right That Rachel Held Evans and Mark Tooley Do Not
Pope Francis has called for today to be a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria. Catholic or not, at a time when Christians are diffused over so many different communions and traditions, Pope...
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#notbugsplat
Once the Roman Empire ‘became’ ‘Christian’ for all intents and purposes war became Christian too. Whereas in the original centuries of the Church’s history conversion to discipleship required the...
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Speaking Christian: Obama, Francis and ‘War’ Against ISIS
Like many of you I’ve been- in equal measure- transfixed and sickened by the horror ISIS/L has brought to TVs and computer screens all over the world. Watching martyrdom in the moment all but sanctions...
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What Does a Christian Holy War Look Like?
In response to my post on Obama, Pope Francis and the ‘War’ Against ISIS last week, a smart annoyingly faithful friend asked me to ante up and articulate what a Christian holy war would like against...
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The Sacrifice of War
Here’s a Memorial Day weekend sermon from the vault. The text was a smattering of verses from Colossians 1 and 2. The argument I attempted to make in the sermon is indebted to two books I recommend:...
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Make the Gospel Great Again
“Do you think there’s anything wrong with the American flag in the sanctuary?” Here’s my sermon this Memorial Day weekend on the Sunday’s lection from Galatians 1.1-12. When I returned initially from...
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When Potter Becomes Clay
For this weekend’s sermon, in view of the 15th anniversary of 9/11, I chose to use all of Jeremiah 18, a passage that begins with the familiar Potter/Clay metaphor but ends in a visceral,...
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Why is Believing in God a ‘Choice’ But Patriotism is Not?
Memorial Day Weekend is approaching. So is the Holy Day Christians call ‘Ascension’ when Jesus is given by the Father dominion over the earth. Memorial Day, though it’s not a Christian holy day and...
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Immortal Combat
Here’s my sermon from Ascension Sunday, kicking off a series on Romans. You probably saw the story in the Washington Post this week. I blogged about it too- as it turned an unwise move that...
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