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Living the Gospel in a World Burnt-Out on Religion (Part 2)

April 14, 2022March 30, 2022 Martin Accad

This is Part 2 of an article originally published by ABTS. Read Part 1 here. On August 4th, 2020, the disintegration of the Lebanese state was phenomenally manifested in the […]

 Random Reflections  Gospel, politics, religion

Living the Gospel in a World Burnt-Out on Religion (Part 1)

April 7, 2022March 30, 2022 Martin Accad

Many today are angry at religion, or at least disappointed with it. Rightly so perhaps, since so much violence is carried out in God’s name. In the MENA part of […]

 Random Reflections  Gospel, politics, religion

Christian Violence Against Muslims

March 11, 2022March 10, 2022 Brent Hamoud

There’s no denying that violence has an unfortunate place in Muslim and Christian history, but too often our historical narratives are laden with denial. Common presumptions position Islam as the […]

 Random Reflections  Christian, history, Muslims, violence

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

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

Overcoming Fear of Terrorist Attacks

February 21, 2019February 20, 2019 Jessica Udall

I still remember the exact feeling in my stomach when I watched those planes crash into the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001. I watched the TV in horror and […]

 Articles, Random Reflections  fear, honesty, terrorism

From Hate to Love Through War

February 12, 2019February 15, 2019 Hikmat Kashouh

I was born in the same year Lebanon entered into what would become sixteen years of civil war. During the years of Syrian occupation, our people were killed, our women […]

 Random Reflections  persecution, refugee, Welcome

Confronting Tyranny, The Jesus Way

November 29, 2018November 15, 2018 Elias Ghazal

A deliberate war waged against Yemen has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced millions. The situation on the ground is appalling. There have been over 1.2 million suspected cholera cases since April 2017 – […]

 Random Reflections  forgiveness, injustice, justice, tyrrany, Yemen

Lessons from Lebanon: Responding to Refugees and Migrants with the Heart of Christ

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Robert Hamd

Throughout my ministry, I have been blessed by countless books, courses, lectures, and scholarship from leading, mostly Western, voices. I earned my doctorate from a prominent Christian institution in the […]

 Random Reflections  Jesus, Lebanon, refugee, Refugee Crisis, Welcome

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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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