Between Protesters and Police, Principalities and Powers…

For the last few days, I have been in attendance at the so-called Camp for Climate Action, or “Climate Camp” for short, a now annual mass activist rally which serves to protest major governmental sources of environmental negligence, as well as a spontaneously-formed decentralised community which gathers to celebrate sustainable living. This year, the location [...]

Blessed are the…?

Presumably I wasn’t supposed to find this ironic…

“What would you do if…?”

I’m constantly faced with questions in this vain. “Suppose a crazed gunman went after your family and you had the chance to kill him. What would you do?” I generally prefer not to answer such questions at all, as I consider them pointless and, in most cases, posed for no other reason than to build [...]

So what is “Christian Anarchism” anyway?

It occurs to me that, on this blog, I have regularly discussed anarchic themes within the Bible and the Christian faith, and how anarchism and Christianity seem to converge toward common perspectives. However, for some reason I have not thought to give some kind of analysis on what Christian anarchism really is. This post will [...]

The Outworking of Faith

In a kind of follow up to my previous post, I would like to address what the outworking of faith in the world around us means after we have obtained it. As a reaffirmation of what it means to be a “new creation” in Christ, I find certain aspects of the Fall of Man quite [...]

MLK’s Five Principles of Nonviolence

The Five Principles of Non-Violence as Outlined by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Non-violent resistance is not a method for cowards. It does resist. The nonviolent resister is just as strongly opposed to the evil against which he protests, as is the person who uses violence. His method is passive or nonagressive in the sense that [...]

Nonviolence in Scripture

My discussions with Heretic today inspired this short post.
I made a couple of posts earlier on, one on Agapé love, the other on Jesus and the Moneychangers, which I felt gave some sense of why Nonviolence is an integral part of the Gospel. I appreciate, however, that to many Christians there may not be an [...]

Repent and Believe…

… for the Kingdom of God is at hand.
This short statement is the concise version of the Gospel message.
The Gospel of Mark (1:14-15) tells us:
“Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and [...]

The Moneychangers and the Fig Tree

Mark 11:11-25 is a pretty intriguing passage. It’s one that tends to cross my mind every now and then, and credit where credit is due, a lot of light about its meaning has been shed to me because of a Thesis written by one Dana Ouellette. I read it a couple of years ago, and [...]

Agapé: The Love of God

Matthew 5:38-48
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’
39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your [...]