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No such thing as a “Righteous War”

This week marks the centennial anniversary of the First World War’s beginning. For many, it was the war to end all wars; and for powerful clergy that shaped religious and political life in America at the time, it was the very war by which God would usher in His Kingdom. In his book, The War for Righteousness, historian (and myContinue reading “No such thing as a “Righteous War””

Enduring through persecution

St. Paul had his fair share of persecution. The book of Acts records how Paul, persecutor–turned–evangelist, founded churches and suffered as a result. The book concludes with Paul in jail, his fate hanging in the balance. Founding a little church in the Macedonian city of Thessalonica was especially difficult. Acts 17 states that he preachedContinue reading “Enduring through persecution”