tolerance

Liar Liar

Jeffrey Stivason
Nov 7, 2020
Several years ago I sat across from someone who lied to me. At the time I would have called him a friend. He certainly was no friend. However, in the moment he lied to me I had one up on him. I knew the very story he was attempting to falsify. I knew that every word dribbling off of his tongue was...

Joshua Janavel and the Plight of the Waldensians

Simonetta Carr
Sep 8, 2020
Joshua Janavel and the Plight of the Waldensians When the troops of the Duke of Savoy asked the Waldensians to give them hospitality, Joshua Janavel was not convinced. The Waldensians had survived through a long history of persecutions, starting in the 12 th century. Their official adherence to the...
Conversion of Saint Paul (Michelangelo Buonarroti)

Paul, or Jesus?

Nick Batzig
Dec 2, 2019
Through sophisticated statements on social media, certain prominent voices in the evangelical wing of Christendom have revealed their penchant for pitting Jesus' ethical teaching against that of the Apostle Paul. To elevate what Jesus taught over against what His apostles taught reveals a...

The Aesthetics of Tolerance

Carl Trueman
Sep 14, 2018
A number of years ago, I had occasion to fly to Korea via San Francisco. Flying across the US on a clear day is one of those rare pleasures which really allows you to get the geographical measure of the place: how flat much of the country is; how the snow-capped Rockies push the land upwards...

Embracing Religious Contradictions to Proclaim Christ Crucified: Tolerance and Coexistence

Andy Wrasman
Mar 23, 2014
Diversity. Respect. Tolerance. Coexistence. These are buzz-words for the twenty-first century. I remember the first time I saw a Coexist bumper sticker, around 2004 in Irvine, California. Coexist was spelled using symbols from various belief systems: a crescent moon for the C, a peace symbol for...

Embracing Religious Contradictions to Proclaim Christ Crucified: Tolerance and Coexistence

Andy Wrasman
Mar 23, 2014
Diversity. Respect. Tolerance. Coexistence. These are buzz-words for the twenty-first century. I remember the first time I saw a Coexist bumper sticker, around 2004 in Irvine, California. Coexist was spelled using symbols from various belief systems: a crescent moon for the C, a peace symbol for...