Got involved in (what I thought was) a quality Facebook discussion on the teachings and example of Jesus with respect to whether or not Christians can defend themselves with violence against an intruder, someone breaking into their house. Well,

Contrary to what is frequently believed, the reign of God does not consist in a state or in some institutionalized social system. The reign of God is not even a “state of affairs.” Rather, it is a dynamic

Yesterday, with the help of some good friends just down the street, I successfully processed two of our chickens.

Processing, if you're not up on the lingo, refers to the

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I am extremely thankful for my wife, who has stood by me and helped me for over 10 years through my insanity, selfishness, and bad decision making. Also for our 5 (soon to be 6) little boys who

A sermon so powerful and so relevant. How easy it would be to imagine listening to this sermon this coming Lord's Day.

Martin Luther King Jr., "The Drum Major Instinct" Sermon - YouTube.

LDS members today need to be honest about the racist history of the church. But who is responsible?

If it is God who is solely responsible for the prolonged suppression of blacks, and the superiority of

Mitt Romney, like so many other LDS members until 1978, supported the practices and teachings of the church–in particular the LDS leadership–over the people. He contributed to the suppression of equality for black Americans.

No religion should change it's doctrines based on the movement of the culture it happens to be in. If you watch the video, linked to in the original article, of Tim Russert interviewing Mitt Romney, Russert was asking Romney

You should hate mine, too.

When I start writing about issues of anabaptism, of church and state, politics, the Kingdom of God amid empire, disciples of Jesus being in but not of the world, I like to get in the mood. I

I first asked this on Facebook.