Empowering Leaders to Bridge International Waters
It is easy to be ‘overcome by evil’ but when we focus our gaze there, we lose the high calling of ‘being the alternative’ to and ‘accepting our gladness’ in a hostile world.
The endless chaos of violence wreaking havoc on earth cannot be reversed by more violence, for it is a “weapon in the arsenal of death” and “metaphysically incapable” of producing peace.
This episode unpacks how God meets people in seasons of burnout, anxiety, and global crisis with compassion, rest, and purpose.
If the goal is really peace, history suggests ratcheting down the rhetoric, caring for people’s holistic needs, making room for belonging, addressing grievances, political normalization, economic development, and strategic negotiation are far more effective.
Disagreement over the Gaza war among evangelicals is no surprise given the complicated history in Israel/Palestine and Christians’ deep engagement with the Holy Land.
How our internet use is prone to the ancient vice of akrasia.
We sit down to talk with Hany Salah who is a pastor in Iraq, and partner of Crossroads through Impact Middle East to discuss what God is doing amidst the tumult and war in the region.
Do you want to know more about how to stay grounded in your faith in the chaos of our 24/7 media cycle, and polarizing politics?
Just peacemaking is a daunting challenge but a moral imperative, especially for those who claim Jesus as their Lord and guide.
Islamists, Zionists and conservative evangelicals are strange extremist bedfellows indeed.