Foreign God
Mark Schloneger
When Paul is speaking to the Athenians, he embodies God’s passionate desire to enfold them into the body of Christ. Paul recognizes that the city’s idols reflect people’s desire for the divine, but Paul directs them to God and connects their desire with God’s desire for them to repent and become part of the body […]
Jesus Before Rome
Mark Schloneger
When loyalty becomes the question, and power provides the answer, truth dies alone. And then our passions carry us to places where our values would never lead. Jesus will not be bound by the limitations presented by Pilate’s questions. “My kingdom is not from this world,” Jesus says. It does not operate by the same […]
Blindsight
Mark Schloneger
Jesus said, “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (John 9:5). John, chapter 9, is the story of Jesus healing a man who was blind since birth. However, those who seemingly already see have vision problems when it comes both to Jesus and the healed man. In the light […]
Mourning in America
Mark Schloneger
The prophet Amos doesn’t bring comfort. He brings clarity. He brings the sound of danger, the sound of truth, the sound that sends neighbors to the street to look, to care, and to act for justice. Amos is not music for the party— he is the alarm that love sounds when the vulnerable are being […]
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