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May 2016

May 16, 2016

UK Speaking Tour

In a couple weeks, my family and I will head to the United Kingdom for...

May 04, 2016

Nonviolence: In Brief

I want to thank Doug Wilson for the challenging and thoughtful dialogue about the issue...

May 02, 2016

The Killer at the Door

I want to point out up front that the stuff Doug and I keep discussing—violence...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

The only way to stop a bad guy with a statistic is a good guy with a statistic

I’ve very much enjoyed my ongoing dialogue with pastor Doug Wilson about all things related...

April 27, 2016

The Only Way to Stop a Bad Guy with a Gun Is a Good Guy with a Gun

In Doug Wilson’s recent Q talk, he referenced this famed saying, and, no joke, integrated...

April 26, 2016

The Bible on Self-Defense: A Response to Doug Wilson

Last Friday, pastor Doug Wilson and I gave talks on guns and violence at the...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

America and Its Guns

I just finished James Atwood’s book America and Its Guns: A Theological Expose and I’m...

March 25, 2016

Nonviolence: More Powerful than Violence

As mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been combing through some recent books on violence...

March 24, 2016

Nonviolence Revisited

It’s been nearly three years since I published my book Fight: A Christian Case for...

February 2016

February 03, 2016

On Gun Control and Militarism

Gun control. If you ever want to spark a massive debate in your next Bible...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

The Few. The Proud. The Plowshares.

*The following post is written by my friend Sgt. Dean Meadows (USMCR). Dean served several years in the...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Romans 13 Doesn’t Tell Christians to Kill their Enemy

It’s fascinating (one might say disturbing) to see how each person’s political context shapes his...

December 23, 2015

“Go Buy a Sword!” Luke 22 and Christian Gunslingers

Whenever I talk about Christians and violence, guns and self-defense, it's inevitable that Luke 22...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

A Case for Christocentric Nonviolence

*The following is the complete manuscript of my paper I presented last Thursday at the...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

My Reflections on the Charleston Shooting

I instantly got sick to my stomach after hearing about the massacre in Charleston last...

November 2014

November 03, 2014

Jesus in the Public Square

It’s no secret that Christians, especially the evangelical right, have invested much energy into moving...

October 2014

October 06, 2014

Free Book!

My new book, Charis: God’s Scandalous Grace for Us, is free today and tomorrow! What...

October 02, 2014

A Christian Response to ISIS

I’ve been asked by many people, “When are you going to blog about ISIS?” And...