One of the Bible’s distinctive catch-cries is “Don’t be afraid.” Often, it’s the necessary greeting that begins interactions between God and humanity, particularly almost every time an angel appears in a Bible story. For example, “Don’t be afraid” is a recurring motif around the birth of Jesus (see Luke 1:13; 1:30; and 2:10), contradicting the…
If You Can Eat . . . You Can Make Disciples Sharing Faith in a Multi-Faith World Peter Roennfeldt In a recent interview, Christian cultural commentator Jonathan Merritt suggested that “most people today aren’t anti-Christian, they’re anti-jerk.” Yet too many of the louder Christian voices that many in our communities hear are those that…