“If, then, dead books may be committed to flames, how much more live books, that is to say, men?”[1] This is the story of Edward Wightman[2], […]

Many, even in the church, think that to be meek is to be weak. But the opposite is true. What the Bible is talking about is […]

Bercot, The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down. Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship. Boyd, The Myth Of A Christian Nation. Brensinger & Sider, Within the […]

by David Bercot There is no absolute proof that Christians did not serve in the Roman army before the reign of Marcus Aurelius. But given the […]

Josephine Massyngberde Ford, pp 116, 121. Jesus’ teaching on this occasion has the maximum significance – namely, that the members of violent resistance movements are to […]

All quotes from My Enemy is My Guest: Jesus and Violence in Luke, by J.M. Ford. The Gospel of Luke places the dispute about who is […]