"Wherever there is theological talk, it is always implicitly and explicitly political talk also." -Karl Barth Barth said this in response to being asked to avoid political issues when delivering lectures in Holland at the time that the Nazis were gaining control in Germany. His comment rings true today. With our culture shifting so dramatically and rapidly, one is not req...

John 6:15 presents us with Jesus' interesting response to the thousands of Jews who desired to make Him their king. We are told: "Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself" (John 6:15). We see in John 6 that Jesus was not interested in setting up an earthly kingdom- but was focused ...