The Border Crisis as Identity Crisis for American Christians

by Alexei Laushkin Christians in every nation of the world, are born in a time, context, and place. Within that time and place we owe a fidelity to the land we...

Fixing an Incomplete Christian Public Witness

by Alexei Laushkin American Christians offer two distinct witnesses in the public square. One witness is focused on abortion, marriage, and sexual ethics; while the other is focused on social justice...

Living with Difference Closer to Home

by Alexei Laushkin How does God ask us to handle differences in how we relate to one another in the body of Christ? Many Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal denominations feel...

Intensifying Persecution of Christians in China

In this Tuesday, March 27, 2018, photo, Catholic religious paintings and figures are displayed behind bars at an underground Catholic church in Jiexi county in south China’s Guangdong province. (AP Photo/Andy...

Ways of the Kingdom: Peace and Opposition

As we prioritize seeking first the kingdom of God, we are bound to experience two corresponding realities: a growth in our sense of peace, and at times an unusually strong opposition...

Why Do We Look at the Past

by Alexei Laushkin In Revelation 21:12 we find these words: And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which...

The 12 Days of Christmas Help Us Orient Towards Peace

by Alexei Laushkin For Christians that follow a liturgical calendar within the Western tradition, Christmas marks the start of a 12-day celebration of the events around the birth of Jesus. Christmas...

And Who is My Enemy?

by Alexei Laushkin It’s common place for Christians to reflect on the question of how we are supposed to love our neighbor, after all, who is my neighbor is a question...

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Reconciliation: The Cruciform Cost of Relational Peace-Making

An Object Lesson from the Jacob and Esau Story Grace is costly. It may accrue to us freely, but it cost Jesus dearly. Love is costly, as is peace-making reconciliation. It’s...