How to have clear eyes while living in a world with AI, emerging technology, media narratives, and culture’s “wide path” seductions to draw us away from Jesus.
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A reflection on the Pentagon prayer through the lens of Jesus’ most serious warning – the danger of calling God’s work evil and evil God’s work.
Israel’s request for a king wasn’t a simple political upgrade. It grew out of corruption, fear, and the longing for stability in a world that felt increasingly unsafe. Their choice in 1 Samuel 8 mirrors a pattern we still see today: when institutions fail and threats rise, nations often turn to strong leaders hoping they can fix what’s broken. This post explores that moment in Israel’s history-and what it reveals about the choices we continue to make.
When people talk about “one nation under God,” the conversation often jumps straight to politics, patriotism, or personal conviction. But the Bible gives us a very different starting point. Scripture never teaches that any modern nation can become God’s covenant people. Yet it does teach that every nation is already under God’s authority – not because of a ceremony or a rededication, but because God is the Creator and Judge of all the earth.
A modern ‘let them eat cake’ moment exposes the cost of failed leadership – and the surprising hope God offers to a hurting world.
A reflection on love, enemies, and the contrast between the way of Jesus and the world’s celebration of power – seen through the lens of Christmas.
This essay traces the immigrant journey from Adam and Eve’s exile from Eden through Israel’s exodus and exile, showing how Scripture frames humanity itself as displaced and searching for home. It connects biblical narratives to today’s refugee crises and political debates, and closes with Stephen Hawking’s stark reflection on death – reminding us that even the greatest scientific minds cannot escape the universal longing for permanence.
An AI conversation explores government plans to pay citizens to snoop on immigrants – raising deeper questions about surveillance, authority, and Christian discernment.
A faith-informed reflection on SNAP, government shutdowns, and the spiritual cost of withholding help. Explores biblical themes like the Lord’s Prayer, the Great Commission, and Jesus’ parable of the Sheep and the Goats – revealing how hunger, poverty, and confinement are not just policy issues, but spiritual invitations.
