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Indulgences Are Still for Sale

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Scott Gustafson

The selling of indulgences did not stop with the Reformation. Originally, indulgences linked prayer and repentance with forgiveness: specified actions of good works or penance drew on the ‘treasury of […]

 Articles, Current Events, Random Reflections  christian nationalism, church, crusade, indulgences, politics, power

Interpreting the New Testament through the lens of Israel

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Wissam al-Saliby

There are theological issues that are up for debate. And there are Biblical passages that are difficult to understand. But what I did not expect to hear in separate sermons […]

 Current Events, Random Reflections  grafted in, Israel, Romans

Can the American Church Also Engage with the Racism Against Palestinians?

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Wissam al-Saliby

Amid the protests to the killing of George Floyd, many Evangelical pastors and leaders are speaking up and supporting racial justice, reconciliation, and public institution reform in the United States […]

 Current Events  justice, Palestine, Racism

Preparing for Two-Way Transformation

March 19, 2020February 26, 2020 Hikmat Kashouh

Editorial note: This article is part 3 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. We must not forget that the gospel (the good news) transcends both the preacher and […]

 Book Excerpt, Current Events  church, growth, Middle East, transformation

Visiting, Serving and Listening as Missional Methodology

March 10, 2020February 26, 2020 Hikmat Kashouh

Editorial note: This article is part 2 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. Visiting When people in the West ask me, “What should we do to reach the […]

 Book Excerpt, Current Events  church, incarnate, listen, serve

Supporting Churches in the Arab World

February 27, 2020February 26, 2020 Hikmat Kashouh

Editorial note: This article is part 1 of a multipart series by Dr. Hikmat Kashouh. In 2011, when the war in Syria broke out and Syrians started to flee to […]

 Book Excerpt, Current Events  Arab, church, partnership, West

A Covenantal Alternative to Christian Zionism

October 5, 2019October 4, 2019 Colin Chapman

Editorial Note: This post is based on a talk by Colin Chapman which takes a deep look at the theology of land and covenant offering Christ-centric biblical perspectives. Challenges to […]

 Articles, Current Events, Random Reflections  eschatology, israel/palestine, Zionism  1 Comment

4 Christian Responses to Supremacist Ideology

April 18, 2019July 8, 2020 Wissam al-Saliby

The recent massacre of Muslim worshipers in New Zealand was the manifestation of a growing global phenomenon which has been described as nationalist populism, white nationalism, extreme supremacist ideology, xenophobia, […]

 Articles, Current Events  church, fear, Islamophobia, John 17, unity

Reclaiming Discourse about Islam in the Church

March 28, 2019April 1, 2019 Martin Accad

This post first appeared as “We Need to Reclaim the Discourse about Islam in the Church” which was posted on the ABTS blog on March 21, 2019. By now, everyone […]

 Current Events, Islam in General  education, Foreign Policy, Islam, Muslim

Response to ISIS Brides

March 7, 2019March 4, 2019 Wissam al-Saliby

The full version of this article first appeared February 28, 2019 at Christianity Today as “Should ISIS Brides Be Treated Like the Prodigal Son?” N. T. Wright, the esteemed theologian […]

 Current Events  Foreign Policy, forgiveness, ISIS, love

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How are Indulgences still for sale today?While the medieval ages may be over, linking salvation, duty, and honor with a legitimization of hostility in the name of God is not. Hostile actions take the form of discrimination, verbal attacks, contemptuous speech, and slanderous social media. Intimidation is justified by slick preachers who erect scaffolds of misinterpretations of Jesus and the money-changers, Phineas or David’s military campaigns to issue apocalyptic fear and justify hostility.Read on: acts211.org/indulgences-are-still-for-sale/ ... See MoreSee Less

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The evangelical church may have formed as a result of opposition to these excesses and may not sell indulgences for cash or participation in literal crusade, but promises of salvation are still tightl...
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