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By His Stripes: The Meaning of Salvation

Do you know what it means to be forgiven? It is no coincidence that the core of the Christian message, forgiveness, addresses some of the most deeply rooted emotional scars that cripple us as human beings in the world: guilt for past actions and shame that makes us question our worth. At times, we don’t…
Uncovering the Propaganda of Evil

Season 11 of the Fourth Way Podcast covers the violence of propaganda. Podcast host Derek Kreider introduces us to each episode and reflects on what he has learned from these in-depth conversations about propaganda. As we approach an election year and everyone is getting all fired up – or probably more accurately, continuing to stoke…
Gentleness: The Kingdom Revolution

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory. (Isaiah 6:3) What does God’s glory look like? In the Hebrew Bible, kavod is often translated as glory, splendor, and abundance. God’s glory fills us with awe and inspires reverence, and thus we often think of it in cosmic, otherworldly…
Gender Theology Part 2: Defining Cruciform Complementarity

Content Warning: Violence and sexual violence Here at the Kingdom Outpost, we are committed to exploring the full implication of Christ’s Kingdom as transformative leaven in the societies and communities in which we live. For the past two years, we have been working through discussions and beliefs about gender in the Kingdom of God –…
Kingdom Womanhood: Nourishing Body and Soul in a Wearying World

In this essay, I want to explore the question of Nourishment in relation to Service. The central question will be, “How should we care for ourselves, and how should we care for others? How are these related? In short, what is the gold standard for Christian ministry? How do we address the controversy surrounding “self…
Wholeness and Whitewash: A Review of Amazon Prime’s “Shiny Happy People”

It was a quiet Sunday morning in our small, home-based congregation. Bible study proceeded as usual. Somewhere in the discussion, a leader brought up one of the many things our church had learned from Bill Gothard’s “Basic Seminar”: The importance of not taking up offenses. I spoke up instantly, “This teaching was specifically developed to…