9 results for tag: politics
Politics and Religion as Usual – Greg Albrecht
The popularity and following of the outsider threatened the establishment, and the institutions and traditions it held near and dear. The market share of the outsider’s public support was growing.
He came from an obscure and remote place far outside the Jerusalem beltway. He didn’t have tradition and custom behind him like the power brokers in Jerusalem did, but it didn’t seem to make any difference. The people loved this populist outsider.
It almost seemed like the outsider had come from another dimension—no one had mentored him and no big donors or influential cronies supported him.
He didn’t think like the movers and ...
Election – Fever Pitched Anxieties – Greg Albrecht
These must be the last days. Politicians are running hither and yon, desperately trying to say things that will influence followers and persuade the persuade-able. Listening to the hand-wringing anxiety and the fever-pitched appeals I was reminded “your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
“I’m from the government and I am here to help you” has come to be accepted as one of the great lies of our time. As we live through the last days of October the rhetoric is hot and heavy. People are energetically touting the wares of their candidates. ...
Politicizing the Gospel – Part #3 by Greg Albrecht
In PART 1 of “POLITICIZING THE GOSPEL” we considered the last 100 years of warfare and the way in which politics and religion often intermingle.
In PART 2 of “POLITICIZING THE GOSPEL” we specifically examined ways in which politics and religion are intermarried, particularly in the United States.
In this third and last installment, PART 3 OF “POLITICIZING THE GOSPEL” we will examine five stages in which religious violence can grow, while comparing it with the parallels to political violence.
In the wake of recent internal extremism within North America, Canadians and Americans are reflecting about the root ...
November 2024
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Articles:
Politics and Religion as Usual – pg. 1
Hope, Comfort, Encouragement & Healing to be Found in Christ – pg. 2
The World's Story Told Well – pg. 4
Friday Mornings with the Rabbi – pg. 5
Rehearsals – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
Politicizing the Gospel – Part #2 by Greg Albrecht
In PART 1 of “POLITICIZING THE GOSPEL” we considered the recent backdrop of warfare and violence. In PART 2 we begin to narrow our focus as to the nefarious marriage of politics and religion.
Militant Evangelism and Nationalism:
In terms of religion, we must not forget the attempts by Christendom to “evangelize” people all around the world whom it deemed to be pagans (and other pejorative terms). The historical record is clear about the horrendous bloodletting of several “Christian” empires that attempted to violently colonize not-so-advanced areas of the world in the name of God—places like Africa, India, ...
Politicizing the Gospel – Part #1 – by Greg Albrecht
In PART 1 of “POLITICIZING THE GOSPEL” we will summarize the violence that so permeates the world of politics and religion today, and set the stage for a deeper analysis of the dark forces that contribute to this evil reality.
John 3:19-20: “This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.”
It is not exactly breaking news to announce that self-styled wolves in sheep’s clothing attempt to control, coerce and dominate others in the name of politics ...
November 2023
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Articles:
60 Years Later... If JFK Could Talk – pg. 1
The Love of Thanksgiving – pg. 2
Should We Fear God? – pg. 5
A Sickness Unto Death – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
Summer 2016
Articles:
Whose Image Is on the Coin? Religion & Politics - p4
Why We Love The Walking Dead - p8
I Wish the Bible Had Never Been Written - p14
God Is Not a Monster - p15
The Gospel in Three Words - p17
Because He First Loved Us - p18
Raising Children Un-fundamentalist - p20
You Don't Need Another Study Bible - p21
Putting the World Back Into Christianity - p23
Burning Ember: The Steve Bell Adventure - p25
Father, Forgive Us - p28
Walking Through Minefields Together - p29
Missing What Mark? -p31
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