On This Episode:

STRINGING TOGETHER THOUGHTS

I have recently been ruminating on these three topics: 1) How the Kingdom of God gets from 2 billion people to 7 billion; 2) Not letting politics affect our emotions as presidential season kicks up; 3) choosing the “white pill” (hope) over the red pill (conspiracy thinking) or blue pill (sleepwalking through life).

I think I bring those together into something useful in the first segment.

HOW JESUS’S TRIAL ILLUSTRATES US

At Jesus’s trial before Pilate, Pilate knows what is right, but fears the crowd’s disapproval. So, he does what he knows is wrong to gain their approval. The crowds calling for crucifixion were manipulated into rage. I fear BOTH of those characters reflect us today, and I want to help end that.

THE BIBLE AND THE OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT

Should there have been more regulation on the train company? What should the consequence be for this train company? I think a Biblically-informed legal framework offers us a lot on this topic.

NATIONAL DIVORCE

A crazy member of Congress brought up having a national divorce. Many of us have talked about this concept for years, and I have some additional thoughts on it.