Entering Darkness to Find Light
By Phileena Heuertz Years ago, my friends Jeelan and Nazreen gave me the gift of physical sight. Jeelan was born into an Urdu-speaking folk Muslim family in the heart of South India's Tamil Nadu....
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Jesus Was No Stranger to the Cry for Justice
by Elli Atchison God's demand for justice is repeated throughout the Scriptures. His righteousness cannot allow sin to go unpunished forever. However, in patient love, God often withholds the punishment that his justice demands,...
Jesus Was No Stranger to the Suffering of our World
by Elli Atchison Jesus was no stranger to the suffering of our world. He experienced every trial we face today. He did not come to immediately bring an end to sadness and suffering or...
Jesus Was No Stranger to Persecution and Pain
by Elli Atchison Jesus was no stranger to persecution and pain. One only has to look at the final days of his ministry to see how he suffered. Jealous Jewish leaders conspired with one of...
Jesus Was No Stranger to Death and Sorrow
by Elli Atchison Jesus was no stranger to death and sorrow. Jesus lost loved ones during his time on earth. He knows that the death of someone we love creates a hole in the...
Jesus Was No Stranger to a Life of Poverty
by Elli Atchison He was born in a cave to poor parents in the shepherding community of Bethlehem. As an infant, his family fled to Egypt as refugees, trying to escape a genocide of...
Jesus Was No Stranger to Obedience and Humble Service
by Elli Atchison Jesus was no stranger to obedience and humble service. The King of Kings came quietly at his Father's request. He lived among his broken and desperate people. He loved them and...
Jesus Was No Stranger to Life Under Occupation
by Elli Atchison Every two years, the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference takes place in Bethlehem, seeking to give a voice to the Palestinian Christian perspective of the conflict by asking, "What would Christ...
Needed: Straight/Cis Christians to Support LGBTQ+ Christians
by Beth Malena Lately I've been having great conversations with straight cisgender Christians who ask how they can best support the LGBTQ+ Christian community. These are important questions, and I've been hearing more and...
Thieves in the Temple by G. Jeffrey MacDonald
reviewed by Karen Sellers In Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul (Basic Books, 2013), author G. Jeffrey MacDonald contrasts the church's mission of loving God and...
