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Unleashing the Churches!0
- July/August 2017
- July 1, 2017
During his presidential campaign Donald Trump reported that evangelical preachers had told him that the Johnson Amendment prevented them from endorsing him from the pulpit, so he promised to take steps to repeal it. In a speech to evangelical leaders Trump said, “If you like somebody or want somebody to represent you, you should have
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Luther, Locke, and Human Dignity 0
- July/August 2017
- July 1, 2017
In the decades after Luther’s formulation of the priesthood of all believers, various theologians and political thinkers explored the implications of that new theory of human equality for both church and state. As the role between church and state became adjusted in various countries, new conceptions and understandings of the individual arose. The Englishman John
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The Roots of the Quebec Incident 0
- July/August 2017
- July 1, 2017
On January 29, 2017, a man entered a mosque in Ste-Foy, a suburb of Quebec City, and, using a CZ-858 rifle and a 9-millimeter pistol, proceeded to shoot men at prayer, killing six and wounding another five. Authorities identified and charged Alexandre Bissonnette for the horrific crime. We need to look at the circumstances that
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An Anomaly in the Paradigm 0
- May/June 2017
- May 1, 2017
An unfunny thing about political revolutions (the ones that succeed, anyway): those who “rage against the machine,” the revolutionaries, upon taking power eventually become the establishment, the powers-that-be, the “machine” (even if another model) that they once raged against. And with rare exceptions, the new machine becomes as dogmatic and intolerant of dissent as what
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Partners or Protestors?0
- May/June 2017
- May 1, 2017
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his now-famous 95 theses to the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, Germany. In his theses Luther remonstrated against the use of relics, usury, simony, nepotism, and the sale of indulgences. Initiating what in later years was termed the Protestant Reformation, Luther questioned papal authority, the
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Conscience Goes to War 0
- May/June 2017
- May 1, 2017
It doesn’t make sense. Why would you want to join today’s military while absolutely refusing to fire a weapon, drop a bomb, or end the life of someone bound and determined to end yours? What possible good is an unarmed soldier, sailor, or airman? Historically, many such individuals, labeled “conscientious objectors,” were penalized, imprisoned, or
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