Category Archives: politics

No confusion in the kingdom of God

Posted on September 22, 2022 by jwfisch

(Due to technical problems there will not be a video of John reading the Catch today.) Soon, citizens of the United States of America will exercise a privilege many citizens do not have in this world. We will participate in … Continue reading →

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What about Christian nationalism?

Posted on September 21, 2022 by jwfisch

Note: There is no video today due to technical issues. “What are we doing to emulate Christ? What are we doing to serve? In my opinion, Christian nationalism is one big self-absorbed pity party. Get over yourself. Get at someone’s … Continue reading →

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‘Both Sides Now’

Posted on July 29, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) I need you. You need me. We mustn’t let this spirit of division get ahold of us. Mike McCausland, our Tuesday Conversation guest this week, said it’s not just in … Continue reading →

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Both sides now

Posted on May 24, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Inspired by yesterday’s Catch on learning to understand “the other side,” Terri, who has spent most of her career as a college professor, sent me some insightful comments a few … Continue reading →

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Empathy is not endorsement

Posted on May 23, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) In a recent interview in United Airlines Hemisphere magazine, singer/songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Bonnie Raitt, stated: “This time is the most fraught and worrisome in … Continue reading →

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Playing it forward

Posted on April 25, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for Today 9. It shook Christianity to its roots (which is the meaning of “radical”). At the beginning of the 1970s, a small group … Continue reading →

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We the (fallen) people

Posted on July 6, 2021 by jwfisch

The landmark new book, We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy by Robert Tracy McKenzie, PhD, Vanderbilt University, and Arthur F. Holmes, Chair of Faith and Learning and professor of history at Wheaton College, brings … Continue reading →

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Come together

Posted on April 9, 2021 by jwfisch

It’s a silly, nonsensical Beatles song (even George Harrison admitted that), but its most memorable line is the word for the church in 2021: “Come together, right now, over me,” if by that we mean: Come together over Jesus.

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Our kingdom is not of this world

Posted on March 4, 2021 by jwfisch

There is a movement of fear sweeping across this country that is sucking in a lot of Christians and sidetracking them into much useless endeavor. Christians who have staked their claim on saving a “Christian” America through politics are worried … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day 2021

Posted on January 20, 2021 by jwfisch

Mankind was made of clay Each of us in the very same way                         from “The Very Last Day” by Peter, Paul & Mary Fingers crossed. The nation holding … Continue reading →

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