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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””

The Fragile Church Community

I can’t tell you how many people I’ve met who don’t go to church for some reason or another, who stay away because the church is “hypocritical,” or who disdain those lofty cathedrals because churches have been places of spiritual or emotional abuse rather than places of healing. I’ve served Christ’s Church for nearly 16Continue reading “The Fragile Church Community”