by John D. Pierce | Mar 9, 2022 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|News
“Examining the life, actions and teachings of Jesus is a natural approach for self-examination during the season of Lent,” said Frank Granger, minister of Christian community at the First Baptist Church of Athens, Georgia. He and members of his university town...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 8, 2022 | Opinion
On International Women’s Day, my mind goes first to the courageous women I met in migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border recently. In many cases, they were facing no options without great risks — but had made a risky choice that might save their daughters from...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 1, 2022 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
On the heels of my recent take on John 3:16 seemed like a good time for a closer look at how the designation, interpretation and application of the so-called “Great Commission” has shaped Americanized Christianity. These parting words of Jesus at the end of Matthew’s...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 22, 2022 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
In King James style, the words from John 3:16 flow easily from the lips of those with even a minimum Christian upbringing: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 15, 2022 | Opinion>Christian Nationalism
We, Americans, can be quite ethnocentric. This is especially true of the many Americans who profess to be Christians. To better understand how far off track much of Americanized Christianity has wandered — especially white Christians who identify largely as...
