“It seems there’s an element of ‘church’ in America that shoots its wounded.” First of all, this is not about the Wounded Warriors charity, which I support. This is about the too many Christians across our nation who have been wounded by those they believed to be followers of Christ. It seems there’s an element of “church” in America that shoots its wounded. In fact, the church is the only army I know that shoots its wounded. Notice I...

Our life is not found in correct doctrine or in our piety, as important as these are. To get life from these things is religion. Our life is rather found in Jesus Christ, and in Jesus Christ alone. When we repent of our religion and commit to seeing God, ourselves, and every person we encounter only as he or she is in Jesus Christ, and as we allow God’s Spirit to express this truth through our outrageous sacrificial love, the world will come to...

From the book: “Resident Aliens – A Provocative Christian Assessment of Culture and Ministry for People Who Know That Something is Wrong.” By Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon. Mixing Religion and Politics In this chapter, we will discuss three different perspectives of what the church is within the world and our author’s challenge to each of these. The first is based on ideas from Martin E. Marty. He posits that the church is of two...