02403 – Christian Patriotism

Christian patriotism needs to be a critical, service-oriented, love-centered loyalty. It is definitely not a “my country right or wrong” patriotism. It’s more like a “Let’s redeem the promise of America for all Americans” patriotism. from A Letter to My Anxious...

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01730 – U.S. Church in Crisis

The crisis in the U.S. church has almost nothing to do with being liberal or conservative; it has everything to do with giving up on the faith and discipline of our Christian baptism and settling for a common, generic U.S. identity that is part patriotism, part...

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00059 – God Helps Justice & Love

It is simply out of the question that God ‘helps’ the Germans or the French or the English. God does not even ‘help’ us Swiss. God helps justice and love. God helps the kingdom of heaven, and that exists across all national boundaries. The foolish mixing of...

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