by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Sep 29, 2020 | Church and State, Kingdom of God, Politics, Voting
How should a Christian vote? This should be a difficult question. Our immediate response to this question should not be to name a party or issue. Discerning how to use the influence afforded us in a democratic republic should raise serious questions about our...
by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Sep 13, 2020 | American Values, Kingdom of God, Politics, Voting
How should a Christian vote? This should be a difficult question. This question should cause tension, even anxiety. We do not need a simplified rubric for the “right” way to vote. We need an understanding of how our citizenship in the Kingdom of God informs...
by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Sep 6, 2020 | American Values, Kingdom of God, Politics, Voting
How should a Christian vote? This should be a difficult question. This question should cause tension, even anxiety. Discerning how to use the influence afforded us in a democratic republic should raise serious questions about our ethics, values, convictions, and...
by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Aug 29, 2020 | Current Events, Kingdom of God
Theater and Theology Truth I took a few theater courses in college. My childhood Broadway dreams were dead, but I still enjoyed acting and stagecraft and the theater was a fun place to hang out between religion classes. In one course I learned the Stanislavski...
by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Aug 12, 2020 | Kingdom of God, Politics
When I ask students to define and learn theological terms, I can tell which students have used their theology textbooks to look up definitions and which have simply Googled the words. As with any academic discipline, theological terms have specific meanings that...
by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Aug 8, 2020 | Kingdom of God, Politics
The history of the Christian Church could be written as a history of the struggle to maintain purity of belief and practice in the face of pressure to conform to culture. Many of the divisions within the Christian family tree are the result of disagreement about...
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