by John D. Pierce | Sep 21, 2021 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
Editor’s note: Due to extensive travel in September, this column is a reworking of one that first appeared Aug. 9, 2019. A big question for us today is: How did so much of American Christianity today get so far from Jesus? The answer can be traced to what...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 14, 2021 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
Beware of a scam. Much of what is portrayed as Christianity in America is bogus. The values on the inside don’t match the label on the outside. False advertising is rampant. All of which raises the question of where Americanized Christianity got off the trail. How did...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 7, 2021 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
The willingness — and at times, almost eagerness — of many Americanized Christians to aid the continuing COVID-19 spread may be baffling on the surface. But this misguided and destructive view of science and available knowledge in general has a long and unfolding...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 22, 2021 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
What really holds up churches and keeps them together? Do we dare to find out? Many have long affirmed and loudly proclaimed their supportive structure as: “The Church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ, our Lord.” Yet, our modern expressions of congregational life...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 1, 2021 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
The earliest followers of Jesus would be greatly baffled by what it means to be “Christian” today. The ever-changing lists of “essential” beliefs and organizational expectations would certainly be unfamiliar to those who encountered the radical love and grace of Jesus...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 23, 2021 | Jesus Worldview Initiative|Opinion
He is a soul-saving mascot — a selectively dispensed “get out of hell free” card. His name is repeated (and repeated and repeated) in praise songs; yet his example and teachings are largely dismissed when in conflict with fears and self-interest. He’s worshipped with...
