To date, over 4 million Ukrainians have migrated out of Ukraine since the start of the war of Russian Aggression. This matches the near-4 million Afghan refugees that have been displaced do to the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. But refugees and migrants are moving on a global scale, from Asia to South America. If thereContinue reading “An Age of Displacement: A Sermon on Isaiah 43”
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Jesus and Caesar: God’s Love in the Context of Roman Imperialism
Some time ago the writings of theologian David Ray Griffin crossed my desk. Griffin sets Jesus’ ministry squarely in opposition to Roman imperialism in the first century. He quotes Richard Horsely as saying, “Trying to understand Jesus without knowing how Roman imperialism” worked is like “trying to understand Martin Luther King without knowing how slavery,Continue reading “Jesus and Caesar: God’s Love in the Context of Roman Imperialism”
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