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April 2020

April 30, 2020

Where I Found Belonging – Brad Jersak

I am well aware, to the point of nausea, that the movement or institution or...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

The River of Fire: the Sovereignty of Infinite Love – Brad Jersak

I get it now. I see now the necessity of a cold and totalizing sovereignty...

March 25, 2020

Is Humanity the Real Plague? (Spoiler—No) – Brad Jersak

Is Humanity the Real Plague? (Spoiler—No) A Response to Kristal Parks and Matthew Fox I...

March 19, 2020

The Covid-19 Reset: Dark Clouds, Silver Linings & New Ways of Being – Brad Jersak

Covid-1 I have no medical assessments or advice to share. I’m a doctor, Jim, but...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Plato, Platinga & Paul – Toward Christian Knowing – Brad Jersak

February 16, 2020

Prostrations: Empty Religiosity or Embodied Worship – Brad Jersak

"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” James...

February 02, 2020

Q&R with Brad Jersak – “Does God Ever ‘Intervene’ in Natural Law?

Question I’m reading A More Christlike God and it has been a very faith stretching experience...

January 2020

January 25, 2020

Q&R with Brad Jersak – “How do we harmonize the Bible’s judgment and redemption texts?”

Question How do we best harmonize the Bible's 'eschatological' texts? Some described unmitigated judgment and...

January 21, 2020

“Is the Spiritual Realm more Real than the Natural?” Brad Jersak

Question: How would you respond to the statement, "The spiritual realm is more real than...

January 12, 2020

Q & R with Brad Jersak – “Were the Church Fathers anti-semitic?”

Question Hi Brad, I’ve run into a few guys that are saying that the Church...

January 11, 2020

Why Christ came into the world – by Brad Jersak

Why Christ came into the world: comments on St Seraphim of Sarov – by Brad...

January 06, 2020

I loved Netflix Messiah. You might not if … by Brad Jersak

I have just finished binge-watching season 1 of the 10-episode Netflix series MESSIAH. I...

January 05, 2020

Why the Father Didn’t Seek the Prodigal (because he did) Brad Jersak

“The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which is lost” (Luke 19:10)....

January 03, 2020

“A Full & Vulnerable Heart” – Brad Jersak (with Paul E Ralph)

FINDING YOUR WHY As the decade ended, a dear confidante and 35-year-long soul friend of...

December 2019

December 28, 2019

Q&R with Brad Jersak – Union, Separation, Alienation

Question I am finally getting around to reading A More Christlike Way. I’m curious about what...

December 22, 2019

“Be Perfect”? A Fragile Faithfulness, Fraught & Freighted – Brad Jersak

Question: In light of Christ’s revelation of God’s saving grace, how are we to understand...

December 15, 2019

Our Final Authority: the Bible or Jesus? – Brad Jersak

Our final authority It was one of my classic last-minute cancellations. A church whose pastor...

December 05, 2019

ADVENT – SOMETIMES WAITING IS HARD – Brad Jersak

Waiting “Advent” is a word I was unfamiliar with as a child growing up in...

December 01, 2019

The Logic (& Limits) of Christus Victor – Brad Jersak

The Logic of Penal Substitution As a young, gungho Calvinist in the 1980s, I composed...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

Christ or Crake? Mortality is the Fear of Death – Brad Jersak

In Oryx and Crake, the first novel of Margaret Atwood's dystopic Maddaddam trilogy, a character nicknamed...

November 21, 2019

Q & R with Brad Jersak – “On Faith and Art”

Question How is it possible that often art is often better than sermons in churches?...

November 20, 2019

Reconstructing Prayer – Brad Jersak

Recovering Authentic Prayer In the West, there was a time when most people (not just...

November 16, 2019

Q & R with Brad Jersak – Were Adam & Eve perfect people in a perfect paradise?

Question I have a question regarding the literality of Scripture, particularly concerning Adam...

November 09, 2019

Q & R: Beloved Children or Worthless Slaves? Brad Jersak

Question I am discovering that God is a loving Father and I'm experiencing the joy...

November 07, 2019

Inter-faith Dialogue with Christian Atheists – Brad Jersak

In October, 2019, Paul Young and I were fielding a Q&R time at the Grand...

November 04, 2019

Q & R: A Question about “Ultimate Redemption”

“Can’t everyone respond to God, even if it’s in the next life? QUESTION: Why can’t...

November 02, 2019

Q & R: Reading Romans without courtroom lenses – Brad Jersak

Question I’ve been reading through Romans and am just having a hard time *not* seeing...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

The Finished Work (before, during & after the Cross) – Brad Jersak

INTRO – “The Finished Work” “The finished work” has become a popular catch-phrase among those...

October 21, 2019

Q & R with Brad Jersak – On the Quran, Safi Kaskas & Jesus-following Muslims

Question: Brad, I'm a fan of your books. But I saw something on page 142-143...

October 16, 2019

Of Heretics, Kings and Foxes – Brad Jersak

The [heretics] act just like someone who finds a beautiful image of a king that...