In light of inflamed passions, I hesitantly offer the following: Political violence and school shootings are essentially the same thing. Am I seeing this correctly? Convince me that I'm wrong. Two days ago, MAGA spokesman and activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an appearance on a college campus. That same day, a school … Continue reading Assassinations and School Shootings
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Corporate Sin, Corporate Repentance
(A repost from 2019) Daniel 9 is an amazing text. The chapter centers on Daniel’s prayer of repentance. What strikes me is how he repents for sin that he himself did not personally commit; they were his fathers’ sins, Israel’s sins. But Daniel sees himself as responsible for them to some degree. He is grieved … Continue reading Corporate Sin, Corporate Repentance
Evangelical Engagement with Croatian Culture, pt 1
How should evangelical Christians engage with Croatian culture? One of the problems that we evangelicals encounter in Europe is the question of how to engage with the state churches--usually Catholicism, but also branches of Reformed, Orthodox, Lutheran, etc., churches. Nothing I faced as an evangelical in America prepared me for the ubiquity of the state … Continue reading Evangelical Engagement with Croatian Culture, pt 1
Mariann Budde’s Sermon from the National Prayer Service, 21 January 2025
Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde set off a bit of controversy earlier this week. As part of the Trump inauguration ceremonies, she preached at a prayer service at the National Cathedral. Some, including President Trump, found her remarks objectionable and "nasty". Court evangelical Robert Jeffries said, "She insulted our great President." Instead of throwing out a … Continue reading Mariann Budde’s Sermon from the National Prayer Service, 21 January 2025
Why Should You Care, pt 1?
I've been posting about church planting in Croatia for a couple of weeks now. Today, I am reposting this, something I wrote several years ago (2019), about why American Christians should care about the work of the Kingdom of God in Croatia. Why should you care about the work of Biblijski institut (and dozens of … Continue reading Why Should You Care, pt 1?
DiscipleTrips
As I talk to American churches about the Biblical Institute of Zagreb and our work, one of the things I regularly hear is, "We would love to come and visit, but what would we do?" In American churches, it's traditional to send groups of people on missions trips to help build or maintain buildings at … Continue reading DiscipleTrips
The Benefits of Planting Churches
Friday, I said that planting new churches was one of the healthiest things an established church can do. That sounds counterintuitive, and over the years I've had pushback when I have made that statement. But it's TRUE; there are few things that you can do for YOUR church that will benefit YOUR CHURCH more than … Continue reading The Benefits of Planting Churches
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