You may be in the tribe that tells you that Christianity and the Republican Party are one in the same. Or perhaps you are in the tribe that is a reaction to that approach, proclaiming that the policies of the Democrat Party are actually where Jesus would land. What if the Bible offers a very different approach to politics than the one most Christians today take? Preston Sprinkle explores this approach, comparing the United States to biblical Babylon, where God’s people lived in exile, and to biblical Rome, where Jesus walked and the first century church got its start.
If life is so bad for people of color in the United States, then why do those who complain continue to live in the US? Why do they not move to another country?
I was on a panel this week at an event entitled Uprooting Racism from the Church, sponsored by the Michigan State University student group MSU Project 1:17. In addition to the live panel, they took anonymous questions from the audience for the speakers to answer online. I’ve realized recently that I haven’t posted about racism […]
What does a multi-ethnic church really look like?
What does a multi-ethnic church really look like? I get asked this question a lot at Crossroads, namely because we teach and vision-cast a lot about our desire to be a multi-ethnic church, which I usually follow-up by saying we still have a long way to go. We are three and a half years into […]
How does race in America relate to the Church as the Body of Christ?
This is the most direct I’ve been about race while preaching in a while. I’ve been really hit hard about the real ramifications of Romans 12:1-16 as it relates to the Church as the Body of Christ (as well as the many other passages that use this metaphor). My heart was to effectively communicate what […]
Despite Hyde Amendment, Your Tax Dollars are Providing 300,000+ Abortions Annually from Planned Parenthood
The Hyde Amendment states that federal tax dollars cannot be used to perform abortions. You can read the specifics of the amendment here. Planned Parenthood does a ballpark of 300,000 – 350,000 abortions per year and around 45% of their revenue–$540.6 million–is provided by federal tax dollars. This is a classic “6 one way, half-a-dozen […]
A Christian’s Guide to Gay Marriage
With gay marriage now legal throughout the United States, it’s important that Christians understand how to navigate these waters in biblically loving and biblically true ways. I think it’s important to start out by briefly explaining why the Bible is so important to Christians (or at least, is supposed to be). The Bible is where […]