Category: The Latest
Here are the most recent posts from Griffin Paul Jackson.
How Do We Love Our Enemies?
Martin Luther King, Jr., said that Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” is “an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization.” But how do we love our enemies? King gives us three ways. Look...
Song 4: Blood So Mighty
This song is about the power of Jesus, both in what he’s done (his blood) and who he is (his name). Verse 1 Walking through the water, my feet trembling The way is getting harder,...
London Leads UK in Prayer. But Only 1 in 10 Brits Prayed for Brexit.
The Bible repeatedly teaches the value of regular prayer. “Pray continually,” Paul tells the church in Thessalonica. Pray “in every situation,” he advises the church in Philippi. And to the church in Colossi he says,...
Story 3: The Question Garden
Clara walked through a field that was bare as a bone. “Where am I?” she asked to no one in particular. The moment the words left her lips, a tiny yellow daisy poked up from...
Do We Really Want to Be Saved?
Do we actually even want to be saved, in the sense of being freed from the dominion of sin? – Marguerite Shuster, professor at Fuller Seminary, in a 2015 Christianity Today story. It is a...
Song 3: Nothing I Earned
This song testifies to God’s preservation of the saints, that he does not lose anyone the Father gives him. Verse 1 Let the one without sin, cast the first stone He says, I will not,...
Maladjusted, Undignified, and Foolish
Our world is not as it should be. The path to success is perilous. The politics are venomous. The morals are rancorous. Things are not all bad, of course. There is much to be grateful...
Worth Sharing (18 January)
Should Followers of Christ Use Recreational Marijuana? Recreational weed became legal in Chicago on 1 January. The huge lines outside the dispensaries could easily have been confused with the wait-lines one might expect were Apple...
Story 2: Be Brave
Explore a dark cave. Ride a big wave. Be different when everyone else is the same. There are a million zillion ways to be brave. It is brave, for a start, to get out of...
US Court Ruling Renews Iraqi Christians’ Deportation Fears
The Iraqi Christian at the center of a class-action suit challenging the detention of fellow Iraqi nationals in the Detroit area was granted a major victory in court Tuesday and will be allowed to stay...