What Shall We Die For?

The Power of a Witness There’s a moment near the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End that never fails to stir something deep in me. The pirate fleet stands surrounded, outnumbered, and facing certain death. Then Elizabeth Swann steps forward. Amid the storm and chaos, she lifts her voice and calls the weary to […]

Not Activism. Not Pietism. Witnessing.

(Acts 1:6–11) When Jesus was about to ascend into heaven, His disciples still didn’t quite get it. They asked, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” They were thinking about power, politics, and national restoration — in other words, activism.But Jesus gently redirected them. “It’s not for you to know […]