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Racism, Darwinism, and Empires of Progress: A Kingdom-Centered Perspective (Kingdom Outpost Study Series #4)

What is racism? How should Christians who believe in nonviolence and in the distinction between Jesus’s Kingdom and the world’s powers respond? How do we make sense of the polarized political debates on the subject, even as they spill over into our social lives, fracturing relationships in families and communities? In my research over the…
Book Review & Reflection: “She Deserves Better” by Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky

Trigger warning: Sexual assault and sexual violence Why This Book Matters “She Deserves Better” by Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky asks a simple question: “How do we raise girls in an unsafe world?” If you look at the world at large, girls are not safe. We live in a world where…
The Gospel of Peace and the Healing of Hearts

Each of us was made in God’s image. This means that each of us was beautifully created with a desire for relationship and the capacity to love as God loves. This was embedded in our make-up and design. Because we are unique as individuals, we have the potential to manifest God’s goodness in unique, individual…
Eudaimonism: A Foundation of Would

*This article was adapted from an episode which is part of a larger series. You can find the full episode here. Most would call me an idealist, but not in the nice way. I’m not the loveable idealist – some pie in the sky dreamer who holds lofty aspirations that will never come to fruition.…
We asked ChatGPT questions about Anabaptism, Two Kingdom Theology, and more!

Chat GPT 4.0 is a little like a new “Wikipedia”, bringing together writing from across the internet to tailor responses to questions we might have. Instead of general Wikipedia pages on subjects, you get personalized answers. Of course, we are still looking for human writers to engage with the questions and subjects of interest here.…
Spanking as Sexual Violence: A Survivor’s Story

Editor’s Note: Here on the Kingdom Outpost, we welcome submissions from readers with testimonies and thoughts to share. These may represent a range of views – the editorial team has a range of views on many issues as well. This essay is a firsthand account of the effects of physical punishment in relation to sexual…