My disappointment and anger with the Church and with my country does not rule the moment. This is a moment for prayer- and more prayer…then it will be the moment to practice the politics of “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” We are called to “share the peace of Christ with those outside the …

The coming of the Kingdom of God to this world in the person of Jesus the Lord transforms and complicates our relationship to our government. As followers of Jesus as Lord within this Constitutional democracy, with her Bill of Rights, we find ourselves living the tensions between public policy and private discipleship as well as the tensions between limited and …

The title to this blog is taken from an October 10, 2016 piece written by Eric Ericson. Eric Ericson worked for Red State and is a radio voice for conservative politics . Maybe most importantly Ericson is a devout follower of Jesus Christ. During the last several months he has decided, on moral and spiritual grounds, along with people such …

Our Church recently tried to obtain the physical addresses of Syrian refugees who have moved into Dallas in order to assist them in any way we could. The authorities said that in order to protect the safety of the Syrians information as to their whereabouts could not be released. Why? They are in danger. This is a hostile place for …

Here is a question from one of my blog readers: Jim, I have a question regarding “child of God.” Growing up, and still to this day, I have heard the term “child of God” within the context of those who are saved by Christ. But you seem to be using it in your article “In Christ I See You as …

Sometimes we just do not recognize each other. It’s like seeing someone we knew thirty years ago and we do not recognize them. Except these are people we see every day right now. Failure to recognize all of our neighbors as God’s beloved leads to lots of confusion and fear. Their identity often becomes whatever it is we hate about …

Thomas More, as the chancellor of England, the king’s lawyer, refused to sign an oath which would have vindicated the King in his proposed marriage to Anne Boleyn. He refused to bend to the king’s order that he sign an oath declaring true what many knew to be false. His signature would simply be one of hundreds. More’s story is …

We are citizens of the United States, a Constitutional democracy. Our Constitution is a social contract that all of us, whatever our faith, will tolerate each other though we may hate each other. Too many of us tolerate people we also slander and secretly despise. “Thou shalt tolerate,” possibly our only moral absolute, supports the social contract, thereby restraining Americans …

The late novelist David Foster Wallace, in 2013 at Kenyon College, gave the most quoted commencement speech of the last five years. It is known now as the “What is water?” speech. At the beginning of the speech Wallace tells a story. It seems that two young fish are swimming along nicely and an older fish swims by and hollers, …

As the Church of the God who loves the world we cannot forget our lost brothers and sisters, victims and perpetrators alike: Lome Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael J. Smith, Patrick Zamarippa, Brent Thompson, Micah Xaviar Johnson, Dallas, July 7, 2016; Philandro Castile, Falcoln Heights Minnesots, July 6, 2016; Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge, July 5, 2016; Clementa C. Pinckney, Sharonda Singleton, …