by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Oct 30, 2020 | Church and State, Kingdom of God, Politics, Voting
How should a Christian vote? This should be a difficult question. We need to apply our hearts and minds to develop an understanding of how our citizenship in the Kingdom of God informs our citizenship in this country. This is the final installment in my series, How...
by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Oct 6, 2020 | Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Kingdom of God, Secularism, Voting
How should a Christian vote? This should be a difficult question. There are multiple Christian organizations that will try to make the decision easier for you by distributing “non-partisan” voter information cards. What we need is not a simplified rubric for the...
by Miranda Zapor Cruz | Sep 30, 2020 | Current Events, Kingdom of God, Politics, Uncategorized, Voting
Last night President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden “debated.” I’ve competed in debate and my job requires me to speak with clarity and conviction for long periods of time, so I’m not actually sure what word to use to describe the spectacle America and the...
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 22, 2020 | Church and State, Politics, Secularism, Uncategorized, Voting
How should a Christian vote? This ought to be a difficult question. It should cause tension and disagreement. It is a consequential question that should lead us to consider and reconsider the ways Christian faith informs how and whether we engage with partisan...
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 22, 2020 | American Values, Current Events
“For freedom Christ has set us free!” (Galatians 5:1) “They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are . . . liberty.” (Declaration of Independence) Many Christians in the United States have both of these statements memorized. ...
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...
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