Archive
An Invitation: Collaborative Prayer Circle
By Sarah Bessey
You don’t need to pretend you aren’t angry, that you aren’t cynical or afraid, that you aren’t feeling a bit hopeless or uncomfortable or envious or tired.
When Waiting Feels Wasted
By Vanetha Risner
It’s easy to assume that if we are faithful and follow God, if God chooses us and employs us in his kingdom, our lives should look shiny and clean. But Genesis gives us a different picture.
How Sesame Street taught me something important about prayer
Sarah Bessey
Or, maybe it was Brother Lawrence
In-dwelling
Sarah Bessey
In-dwelling is an ancient but orthodox concept that God dwells in us and in creation.
Conversation on MANOVA
Tom-Oliver Regenauer interviews Hrvoje Morić from Geopolitics & Empire
Where is the World is heading and who is pulling the strings, from someone with a biblical perspective.
Does Advent even matter when the world is on fire?
By Sarah Bessey
But here’s the thing: we enter into Advent precisely because we are paying attention.
The Christian Bookstore Rejects
a devout Christian author who writes books geared for Christians and yet almost never stocked in the Christian bookstore
It's obvious the system is rigged. Don't we know it?
Our hungry scared little egos
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
...for whatever reason the human ego has never seemed to get it’s size right – convincing us we are either better or more wretched than everyone else"
The Metaphorical Miracles of Jesus
By Keith Giles
Once you start to see all of the layers of meaning in [Jesus' actions], the more you can start to see how the other miracles of Jesus are also sacred metaphors.
Why Is God Letting Me Suffer?
By Vaneetha Risner
I didn’t understand why a good God who loved me would let me keep suffering.
The gift of the coattails
By Sarah Bessey
I finally relied on the ancient believers who left a trail of breadcrumbs that became a feast"
16 tons, what do you get?
By Mark McMillion
severe poverty, often driven by heartless mercantilism, has been a reality for people throughout history"
A Choice for Love
By Richard Rohr
When we stand in the state of love that Jesus offers, we live inside of a different energy.
We are Almost at the Point of No Return
With Geopolitics & Empire Max Igan
The World is run by very evil people, and it's in every single country..."
This is where the constellations shine in the darkness
By Sarah Bessey
I can’t figure it out, so I give God glory for it.
Contemplative Questioning
By Richard Rohr
Father Richard suggests several steps for a contemplative reading of Scripture:
Then be the last one
By Sarah Bessey
I think I’m beginning to understand something old all over again
Clinging to Christ in Suffering
By Vaneetha Risner and Joni Eareckson Tada
About accepting the way God is working in our lives and learning to recognize His purpose through it all.
What to do if the world is ending
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
When I was a girl, my mother wisely would warn me, “don’t get your hopes up. You don’t want to be disappointed”.
The Algocracy Agenda
By John W. And Nisha Whitehead
How AI and the Deep State Are Digitizing Tyranny
The people who think AI might become conscious
By Pallab Ghosh
A spooky BBC article... on the road to "The Image of the Beast"
A prayer for trying to stay off the internet more
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
I’ve cut down some, but it doesn't seem to be enough, so I beseech thee to grant me the will to get off the internet more.
Watching for the Morning
By Vaneetha Risner.
Some nights feel endless. We don’t just watch for the morning—we plead for it.
I Wish I Could Stop Reading About The Slaughter In Gaza.
By Rep. John J. Duncan Jr.
There is something wrong with anyone who does not think all this killing, maiming and blinding of little children is not horrific.
The God-Yielded Will
By James McConkey
... until God shows you differently, stay where you are and live for God.
Globalism & World Empire in Light of Bible Prophecy
With Geopolitics & Empire and Britt Gillette
Cracks in the American Empire are beginning to emerge as its military might is waning and its dollar world reserve status is in danger.
A Radical Foundation
By Richard Rohr
The very things the early Christians emphasized—such as the prayer of quiet, divinization, universal restoration, and the importance of practice—are some of the most neglected parts of the Western Church.
Are we still calling ourselves Christians?
By Sarah Bessey
Oh, you’re a Christian? they ask carefully, cautiously. You can see their mind trying to make the puzzle pieces of what they know of you fit together with what they know about “those Christians” these days.
4 Religious Roadblocks To Avoid At All Costs
By Keith Giles
You ever notice how the one thing Jesus talked about the most—God’s unconditional love—is the very thing religion seems to bury under layers of rules, doctrines, and gatekeepers?
The Role of the Prophets
By Richard Rohr
There was a deep need, then and now, for someone who would call the people to return to God and to justice.
Heresy and Checkpoints
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
How do the theological beliefs of one group of Christians impact the lives of another group of Christians halfway across the planet?
40 Breath Prayers
By Sarah Bessey
Over the years, I have cobbled together a little homemade toolkit for when I am despairing.
The Leage of the Guilty
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
Preached at "New Beginnings Worshipping Community" inside the Denver Women’s Prison
The Divine in This and in Us
By Richard Rohr
Most religious people I’ve met—from sincere laypeople to priests and nuns—still imagine God to be elsewhere.
A Gift and Guarantee
By Richard Rohr
The divine indwelling is a gratuitous gift, standing presence, and guarantee. We are the containers, temples, and recipients of this gift.
The way the World is heading
By Geopolitics & Empire
Harley Schlanger: Fall of Syria, Weakening Unipolarity, & New Polyphonic BRICS Era
The Wedding Banquets
By Richard Rohr
In the New Testament, and particularly for Jesus, the most common image for what God is offering us is a banquet.
The UN Death Pact for the Globalist Future
By James Corbett
What the UN is aiming at (underneath the sweet sounding rhetoric)
The Surprising Power of Listening
By Keith Giles
He didn’t try to fix anyone. He never offered unsolicited spiritual advice. He simply sat down, ate his lukewarm eggs, and learned how to listen to the people most of us never even take the time to look in the eye.
Dr. Barbara Holmes: An Everyday Mystic
By Center for Contemplation and Action
Every person has had some mystical experience. Maybe the seas have not parted, and maybe they haven’t walked on water, but there have nevertheless been amazing miracles in our lives.
God’s Love Includes Imperfection
By Richard Rohr
The divine notion of perfection isn’t the exclusion of imperfection, but the inclusion of imperfection. That’s divine love.
They can’t say we didn’t try
By Sarah Bessey
I’ve failed pretty spectacularly over the years... I’ve run into my limits more times than I can count.
Why Prayer Isn't Like God's Gumball Machine
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
How do you conceptualize ‘prayer’ outside of the stereotypical on your knees, shopping list prayer taught to many children!?
Infinite God, Infinite Life
By Richard Rohr
Saint Francis, faithful to Scripture, invites us to see nature as a magnificent book in which God speaks to us and grants us a glimpse of his infinite beauty and goodness.
Is the New World Order real?
Interview with Hrovje Morić
An interesting expose and explanation from a Christian perspective
Election Year Wisdom (or lack thereof)
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
God was like, wait, you’re angry? And Jonah says hell yeah I’m angry (and here’s where he becomes a total drama queen) he says I would rather DIE than for my enemies to be spared.
Oh good, now we know who the REAL problem is
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
a sermon on healing for inside a women's prison
Order, Disorder, Reorder
By Richard Rohr
...it is okay because God is in every moment no matter what happens. Nothing needs to be excluded. I can live and work with all of it because apparently God can.
A loving letter to missionary parents
By Michelle Phienix
Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.” ~ C.S. Lewis
The New Age, the Great Awakening, & the Green World Order
Terry Wolfe with Geopolitics and Empire
The goal of the "new or Aquarian age" is to fuse all beliefs into a new inclusive and tolerant universalism meanwhile eliminating any exclusive or "intolerant" faith (e.g. biblical Christianity
Why Me?
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
I’m 76 and have been hospitalized for 4 weeks with meningitis. It has been a humbling experience. I’m finding myself wondering why me and if God is with me.
The Gift of Joy in the Rockiest Places
By Vaneetha Risner
I knew that all things were possible with God, so if God hadn’t healed me, it wasn’t for my best. Since God is not cruel, he would never deny me anything that was good for me.
Weird America
By Brian Zhand
America has always been a weird amalgamation of the disparate — a strange mixture of admirable ambition and appalling hubris, an intoxicating brew of virtue and vice.
Watching out for nonsense
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
There’s a weird little scene in the Gospels that always comes to mind when I am anxious about how nothing seems to be working anymore
God's timing
By Vaneetha Risner
Today you may be in a dark and difficult part of your story, straining to see any light, wondering how much more you can take. But don’t give up. God is with you in your darkness.
Forget CBDCs, Greatest Threat Now is Move Toward WW3
By Alex Krainer
We are in the midst of a social engineering process pushing us into war against Russia as has happened before in history.
Suffering and the Upside-down Kingdom
By Vaneetha Risner
I want approval and recognition. I chase the praise of people rather than being satisfied in God’s approval. I’m often more concerned with my kingdom than the kingdom of God.
Road Rage and the Unforgivable
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
I remember as a church kid being very puzzled by the idea that there was only one sin that was “unforgivable”…and that it was blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
300 Churches Across California Baptize 12,000
By Aliya Kuykendall
We have Baptists, Presbyterians, Calvary Chapel, Charismatics, and Pentecostals — everybody working together”
Consider the Lilies
By Suleika Jaouad
Writing became a portal to make meaning of my circumstances and grapple with my mortality.
A System of Too Much
By Richard Rohr
Father Richard names the tension created by gospel teachings on simplicity and cultural expectations of abundance:
Last Days of Empire
With John Bosnitch & Geopolitics & Empire
He is optimistic WW3 can be averted, but the defense industry uses the constant threat of war to keep the money flowing.
The Particular
an essay on love, by Sarah Bessey
Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with God and learn a life of love. Learn what a gift it is to be here, alive in your life.
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
By Medea Benjamin
[A] possibility is that the ships take off but the Israelis illegally hijack us in international waters, confiscate our boats and supplies, arrest and imprison us, and eventually deport us.
With Alex Krainer
In this fascinating interview I ask A.W.Trenholm questions about his book "Journey to Tricon - My Trip to Heaven and back". Complimented with 6 beautiful songs about heaven.
Move Toward WW3
With Alex Krainer
There are many flashpoints that can be triggered. The West is desperate and can launch an “arson attack” anywhere.
Scientific Evidence on the Shroud of Turin
By "The Joy of the Faith"
Is the Shroud of Turin authentic? See the most recent evidence.
Walk in a Manner Worthy of Your Calling!
with Sue Gasston
Are Both Your Feet in the Kingdom of God? - Another Nightlights Show.
How Can Being Mindful Help Us in Suffering?
By Vaneetha Risner
God wants the real me, the me who doesn’t deny or repress my struggles but rather honestly lays them before Him. And when I’m real with God, I can be true to myself and to others.
Middle East Heartbreak!
By John Patrick
A Cry for a Better Way! - A Nightlights Show with Christopher Glyn
Good and Necessary Anger
Center for Contemplation and Action
How can churches continue to ignore anger and still be relevant during this era when everyone is angry about everything?
Interview with Hrvoje Morić
from Geopolitics & Empire
For me it’s always about World Government or World Empire. Particularly as a Christian. I view that the world is on a downward spiral until the return of Christ.
A Pretty Good Offer
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
...no matter how sure I am about what the real motivations of others are, it is Almighty God and not almighty me – to whom the inner thoughts and true desires and hidden secrets of others are known.
Leaving the field for the sake of a child
By Michele Phoenix
At the end of my last session, she came up to me. There were tears in her eyes, the kind that seem to teeter on that narrow ledge between courage and collapse.
Paradox Holds Us
By Debie Thomas
I tend to get worked up about weeds. Weeds in my own life, and weeds in other people’s.
Do you have FIMO?
By Michele Phoenix
You may have heard of FOMO—Fear of Missing Out.
But if you’re anything like me, you could be living in the grip of FIMO.
We Are All Prophets
By Steven Charleston
prophets arise in periods of crisis or “apocalypse” to chart a message of resilience and hope
Radical Resilience
By Brian McLaren
Resilience is the capacity to withstand and recover from hardship or difficulty. It has to do with the ability to spring back into shape after you’ve been beaten down or knocked over.
“Are we saved by faith in Jesus”?
By Brad Jersak
or rather saved "by the faithfulness of Jesus.” - thoughts on salvation...
Not Feeling "Christmas-y"?
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
Feelings of good will, sentimentality, coziness, and peace may or may not show up for me this year, and that’s ok.
Kindness at Gate A-4
By Naomi Shihab
It was like a sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the mom from California, the lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same powdered sugar. And smiling. There is no better cookie.
Gaza, Porphyrios & the Contagion of Violence
By Bradley Jersak
Headlines of the October 19th bombing of the Church of St. Porphyrios in Gaza rocked the world for a brief news cycle. I witnessed the sickening images of sections of the world’s third oldest church (407 AD), where over 100 civilians sought shelter, now reduced to ruins.
Who Runs the World?
By Daniel Natal
The Global Oligarchy Wants to Remake All Nations into Slave Plantations. A history lesson.
A Breakthrough in Consciousness
By Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio
We cannot know this deeper divine reality if we live only on levels of mediocrity and self-preservation.
The Wailing Wall
By Brother Nathanael
Wake up call for Christians who support jews, who Jesus Christ condemned before they were cast out of Palestine, and their temple was demolished 70 years later.
Understanding Gaza, under fire and under siege
UK Column interview
Mike Robinson speaks to Vanessa Beeley, Eva Bartlet and Cynthia McKinney about their experiences of living in Gaza.
Jesus’ Most Scandalous Parable
By Brian Zahnd
...there it is, right in the middle of the Gospel of Matthew, a parable from Jesus featuring a radical egalitarianism that will no doubt offend the sensibilities of a convinced capitalist.
Palestinians Have a Legal Right to Armed Resistance Against Israeli Colonialism
By Ben Norton
International law clearly shows that the Palestinian people have a legal right to armed struggle against Israeli colonialism, just as South Africans did against apartheid.
It's REALLY Happening
By Russel Brandt
IMF, politicians and private sector discuss the move to Central Bank Digital Currencies. Is this leading to a brighter economic future for ordinary people, or to a social credit system for control of your every move?
Every Man to His Tent
By Mark McMillion
...withdraw from all the tumult and shallowness of the present evil world and find some peace and sanity in your heart.
The Red Heifer Project
By Jessica Buxbaum
Under Jewish law, the ashes of a red heifer (young female cow) must be scattered across Haram al-Sharif before Jews can ascend it and rebuild the Third Temple.
Ex-Google Officer Finally Speaks Out On The Dangers Of AI!
Interview with Egyptian entrepreneur and writer, Mo Gawdat
2 hours talk about"Scary Smart" 'The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World’,
What is that to you?
By Bradley Jersak
“What-about-ism” is a typical form of deflection when we feel the discomfort of our complicity in some wrong. It is a defensive strategy where we are tempted to react, “What about them?”
Songs of Resistance - "Welcome To The Revolution!"
Nightlight Show 305
In case you have been looking for songs against the established order...
It's All Saints, not Some Saints
By Nadia Bolz-Weber
A message from a former alcoholic on complicated grief and the afterlife
Prayer: Passionate, Desperate, and Persevering
Interview with Carole Ward
I would take my Bible and a notebook and just head off into the bush to take time with Jesus, for hours. I would sit down and say, "Talk to me Jesus."... It was a two way conversation of friendship and intimacy.
Nepal Project - Langtang trek
By Stephen Lee
Our team of three, Scott Clinton (missionary to China), Joe Lai (native to Taiwan and photographer), and myself, with our Nepalese guide left Kathmandu to venture into the region of Langtang
“Summoning” and A.I.
By Mark McMillion
A spooky look at the development of the Abomination of Desolation
What If The Future You Fear Is Already Here?
By Keith Giles
If you’re wondering about the answer to that question, here’s a handy test to let you know when your government or the media might be approaching the threshold of subversive manipulation and control
When God Does the Miracle We Didn’t Ask For
By Vaneetha Risner
With every heartache I wanted a Red Sea miracle. A miracle that would astonish the world, reward me for my faithfulness, make my life glorious. I didn’t want manna.
A Frank Talk about Spiritual Phenomena
By Pete Enns & Dale C. Allison Jr.
A "Faith for Normal People" Podcast
When the Detour Becomes the New Road
By Vaneetha Risner
The old road often seems like it was more relaxing and easy to drive. The new road can be bumpy and twisty, narrow with sharp curves. And I find myself longing for the ease of what I used to have.
Letting Go of What We Have Known
By Rev. Dr. Barbara Holmes
To let go is the precursor to being reborn. We discard the baggage of societal expectations and open to the possibilities of each new day, even if those possibilities are shadowy and disorientating.
John Pilger’s Guide to Propaganda
Video interview
Journalist, author and filmmaker John Pilger, who has spent decades studying governments’ nefariousness, tells Katie Halper how to spot propaganda.
Keep Changing
By Richard Rohr
The first word that comes out of Jesus’ mouth is change—be willing to change.
The Hypocrisy of the Christian Church
By Chris Hedges
we are here today to call out the Pharisees, the ones who speak about loving the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized, in the abstract, but who really love the rich...
Powerlessness: Weekly Summary
By Richard Rohr
Admitting our powerlessness frees us to allow the One who is Power to become active in our lives.
Central Bank Digital Currency -Towards Absolute Control
By Simon Elmer
No new technology is good or bad in itself, and only its application can and will determine whether we should embrace or resist its implementation.
Blessed - what does it really mean?
By Vaneetha Risner
is the blessed life synonymous with the successful life? Is it the Christian version of the good life? A loving marriage, obedient children, a healthy body, a successful career, trusted friends, financial abundance ...?
I'll Meet You Over There
By Jerry Paladino
An album for those who are thinking about those who have passed to the other side.
Has Putin shot his bolt?
By Mark McMillion
There may be many twists and turns on the road to fulfilled End-Time prophecy
Christian scientist expose evolution
By Dr James Tour
A synthetic organic chemist ask questions about the theoretical underpinnings of theories concerning the origins of life.
The Heavens Declare
exploring two competing worldviews; the biblical and the naturalistic.
A 12 part series of Christian cosmologists giving their argument for a Universe with a Creator
How can I love others in 2023
By Vaneetha Risner
He wants us to love those who don’t love us back. Those who misunderstand us. Who ignore us.
Crash, Collapse, Control! — And the Coming Antichrist
With Steven Strutt & Christopher Glynn
Predicted four months ago, looks like it's coming to pass - what do you think?
New Songs - Golden Anniversary album
By Jerry Paladino
At the time of the launching of this album, I am celebrating my Golden Anniversary with Jesus. It's now been 50 years of close relationship with Him.
Remaining in Communion
By Richard Rohr
We have never been separate from God except in our thoughts, but our thoughts don’t make it true!
The Bible Album
By The Paris Show Group
An amazingly avant-garde production - from Adam and Eve to the Resurrection!
Moving towards the Image
The Last American Vagabond & Whitney Webb
A Beast in the making. (also found at Signs on the Times"
A Nonviolent Love
By Richard Rohr
I glanced behind me at a man with the most terrible look of hatred I had ever seen. His eyes blazed, his jaw quivered, and his shaking hand held a switchblade—about half an inch from my heart. . . .
The Future Foretold, Part 3
By Michael Roy and Scott MacGregor
Seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.
We Don’t Need to Know
By Richard Rohr
...we made faith demanding to know...! The original sin, brilliantly described, warned us against this temptation at the very beginning.
Christmas and prophecy
By Mark McMillion
Christmas was not only a historical event; it was one of the most prophesied events in the history of mankind.
Universal Reconciliation
By Lee O’Hare (on Keith Giles' blog)
“And when I am lifted up from the earth I will drag along and pull and persuade the whole of mankind, in its entirety, one individual at a time to Myself.”
The Good Priest
By Chris Hedges
An Irish priest, lived a life of love and sacrifice in one of America's most desolate neighborhoods. It was not God-forsaken, because Father Doyle was there!
‘We just don’t need the vast majority of the population’
By Leo Hohmann
Harari is a historian, futurist, popular author and, most importantly, the chief adviser to Klaus Schwab
When God Speaks
By Virginia Brandt Berg
This reckless, restless, unhappy world remains just the same unless man’s heart is utterly changed.
The Weeds and the Wheat
By Richard Rohr
“Let the weeds and the wheat both grow together.” Wow! That’s risky. I can’t pretend to logically understand it, although I know it allows me to be compassionate with myself.
I Will Not Comply
By Blind Joe
I sing it in my car. I sing it doing dishes. I sing it in the shower. It will lift your spirits and empower you. Sing it loud. Sing it proud." (listener comment)
The 12 Foundation Stones in New Jerusalem
By Christian Evidence
only recently have scientists discovered cross polarized light, which can be used to identify whether a gem is anisotropic or isotropic
When God Can’t Be Found
By Dena Johnson
I often feel like my time with God is boring, non-productive. I feel like it’s been forever since I heard a fresh word from Him. I long for those days of sweet intimacy where I could truly sense Him with me in every moment of my day."
Becoming a Grand Parent
By Richard Rohr
When we can let go of our own need for everything to be as we want it, and our own need to succeed, we can then encourage the independent journey and the success of others.
What the Gospels Teach Us About Salvation
By Jennifer Garcia Bashaw
The difference between the Epistles and the Gospels view on salvation
By Richard Rohr
People who know how to forgive have known how good it feels to be forgiven, not when they deserved it, but precisely when they didn’t deserve it.
Heaven Is a Great Party
By Richard Rohr
Do you know how many times in the four Gospels eternal life is described as a banquet, a feast, a party, a wedding, the marriage feast of the Lamb?
The Absurd Legalism of Gender Roles
By Rachel Held Evans
...our recent dive into parenthood has made me exceedingly glad we ditched the strict gender roles promoted by conservative evangelical culture in favor of a relationship characterized by mutuality and flexibility
Love and Suffering
Center for Action and Contemplation
Love and suffering are part of most human lives. Without any doubt, they are the primary spiritual teachers more than any Bible, church, minister, sacrament, or theologian.
Security and Safety in God's Word!
By Christopher Glyn
Promises of Power and Protection - an audio recording
Is Anything Safe Anymore?
By Vaneetha Risner
...a theology that asserts that God is not in control leaves us no security at all"
God Is the Beloved
Center for Action and Contemplation
God is always a lover greater than we dared hope for. How different from the “account manager” most people seem to worship.
conspiracy theories, aikido, & jesus
By Bruxy Cavey
I admit I am an Endtime buff, but here are some thoughts on finding the balance and having the right focus.
Daniel 12 - Tribulation, Transition, Triumph!
Nightlight with Mark McMillion & Simon Peterson
Things seem to keep going from bad to worse! Right now, as seemingly all-powerful entities make an all-out push for total world control.
A School of Relationship
Encountering god through the Bible
God is still breathing. The Bible is both inspired and inspiring. Our job is to ready the sails and gather the embers, and wrestle with the mystery until God gives us a blessing.
A Messy Mysterious Faith
A podcast with Pete Enns
What does it feel like to go from an intellectual Pharisee to a "born again" experience?
The Famine Is Now! - Plan, Prepare, Pray!
Nightlight show with Stephen Strutt
Stephen is letting out steam about the globalists and warn about what to expect.
War Is Hell
By Brian Zahnd
In the 21st century, the devil still tells big lies. In an age of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons capable of eradicating all human life, the way of war is still foolishly romanticized and deemed a legitimate way to shape the world.
The Radical Jesus Manifesto
By Keith Giles
”Loving God and loving others is all that is required to fulfill the Law. (So, don’t waste your time jumping through religious hoops.)”
What Would You Name Yourself?
By Vaneetha Risner
What we name ourselves, what we are telling ourselves in the midst of our pain, will profoundly impact us.
Progressive No More: Brief Thoughts on Adaptive Christianity
By Pete Enns, Ph.D.
I’ve never taken to the term “progressive” Christianity... Instead, I prefer “adaptive Christianity.” Why?...
Russia’s Sergey Glazyev introduces the new global financial system
By Pepe Escobar
we proposed to create a wide international coalition of resistance in the hybrid war for global dominance that the financial and power elite of the U.S. unleashed on the countries that remained outside of its control."
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
Richard Rohr on "The Spiral of Violence"
Any institution thought of as “too big to fail” or somehow above criticism has a strong possibility of diabolical misuse.
Enoch Insights – "The Book of the Watchers” (Nightlight Podcast)
By Simon Peterson and Steven Strutt
A talk about the Book of Enoch, the giants, the daughters of Cain and other interesting speculation.
NIGHLIGHT "Questions about Hell and Heaven"
with Howard Storm
Howard Storm answer questions about hell and heaven. There is so much to learn from this fascinating interview!
Deconstruction – The Crucial Questioning of People Raised in Christian Environments
By Michelle Phoenix
Perhaps the greatest motivator of deconstruction I’ve seen among the adults raised in ministry is un-Christlike Christians and the warped motivations that seem to contradict the basic tenets of what the Bible teaches."
Being Your Own Guru
By Keith Giles
Everything I am have been searching for has always been as close to me as my own heartbeat.
From Moscow to Washington, the Barbarism and Hypocrisy Don’t Justify Each Other
By Norman Solomon
Russia’s war in Ukraine — like the USA’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — should be understood as barbaric mass slaughter.
Kintsugi: Beauty in the Broken
By Vaneetha Risner
Instead of throwing away the broken beloved pottery, we’ll fix it in a way that doesn’t pretend it hasn’t been broken but honors the breaking.
The Great Reversal
By Keith Giles
The entire process [in Genesis] is one of a continuing and ever-expanding series of separations.
But something fascinating happens when Christ arrives on the scene: All of those separations are reversed.
Russia Was Baited Into War but That Does Not Absolve Its Criminal Aggression
By Chris Hedges
Russia has every right to feel threatened, betrayed, and angry. But to understand is not to condone.
Reading from the End (with children)
By Brad Jersak
It’s certainly alarming to her parents, who catch her sneaking away to read the Old Testament tales of sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll unsupervised. They seriously considered hiding this contraband from her, but she is incorrigible.
Forgiveness is a human right
By Pope Francis
You can say what you want about the Catholic Church, but the Pope is for sure preaching the Gospel!
Seeing light through the mists
By Mark McMillion
One of the greatest dangers... is the surge of sludge that flows at us night and day through every organ of the media...
Trusting Our Inner Experience
By Richard Rohr
Christianity too often began by emphasizing the problem of separation (“original sin”) instead of beginning with the wonderful unity between creation and Creator.
Being Present: My Word for 2022
By Vaneetha Risner
"I want to be present to the very moment I’m living in now, noticing what’s around me, experiencing everything the Lord has for me. In that very moment."
A Revelation of Heaven on Earth
From Richard Rohr's blog
I now realize that everything I am have been searching for has always been as close to me as my own heartbeat. “Be still and know…” is perhaps the deepest wisdom I need to practice.
NIGHTLIGHT "Within The Gates"
Narrated by Simon Petersen
In this vision of heaven, first published in 1898, Rebecca Springer describe life in heaven, the celestial homes, the river of life, the joyful reunions with loved ones, but best of all, meeting the Master, Jesus Himself.
The Poverty of Christmas
By Richard Rohr
It can certainly lead us to wonder why so much of Christianity became so legalistic when we have at its very beginning a man who breaks the law to protect the dignity of the woman he loves.
Do you feel safe enough with God to be honest?
By Vaneetha Risner
Aren’t we supposed to just praise God and thank him all the time?
Conflicting currents and viewpoints
By Mark McMillion
My love brings peace of mind when you are confused, rest when you are weary, and strength when you feel you cannot go on.
Interview with Rachel Held Evans: Reading The Bible Creatively
Jared & Pete Enns. Podcast
Among her last podcast interviews, recorded 2 months before her untimely passing. We offer this episode, unedited, in Rachel’s honor and as a testimony to her humor, insight, power, gentleness, and courage.
Interview with Rob Bell: What is the Bible?
Jared & Pete Enns. Podcast from March 2017
A lively discussion with Rob Bell about his evolution in his thinking about the Bible.
Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome
Excerpt of interview Jim Cantelon with Dr. John Sanford
Is Mankind evolving or are we going downhill? (Thanks Dennis!)
The Most Overlooked Prayer
By Vaneetha Risner
It’s embarrassing to admit... as someone who really loves Jesus, but it’s true. Some of the things that impact me most in my daily life, I pray about the least.
Memories of Memorial Day
By Brian Zahnd
The justification for the perpetuation of war sacrifice is simple: because the previous sacrifices must “not have been in vain.”
Orchestrating My Solutions
By Vaneetha Risner
God moves people. He changes hearts. I always think it is my job to convince people to do something, but the Lord keeps showing me that only he can do that.
248. NIGHTLIGHT (Conversation With Anthony)
With Simon Petersen and Anthony
Conversion, commitment, pioneering, trusting God, witnessing, helping, creating comics and giving out tracts
An Alternative Way to Live
By Richard Rohr
The Sermon on the Mount... focused on including the outsider, preferring the bottom to the top, a commitment to nonviolence, and choosing social poverty and divine union over any private perfection or sense of moral superiority.
Godspeed
The Pace of Being Known
This is the story of an American pastor whose desire to change the world grinds to a halt in a Scottish parish.
Supplication of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
The whole world has been held hostage by an elite that, under the pretext of the pandemic, intends to create the conditions for the Great Reset and the establishment of the New World Order.
What if the Worst Happens?
By Vaneetha Risner
Replacing “what if” with “even if” is one of the most liberating exchanges we can ever make.
Divine Guidance
By Virginia Brandt Berg
Do you believe that God has a plan for your life? Are you determined to find and follow that plan?
How Rob Bell Became a "Heretic"
By Ideas Digest
Is Rob Bell really a heretic? Or did he discover that the words from the sacred texts are far removed from today's average American church?... and many other things.
When God Says No
By Vaneetha Risner
Have you ever asked, even begged, God for something that would have been easy for him to do and seemed consistent with his will, but the answer was “no”?
A New Creation
By Richard Rohr
For Paul, salvation is something that is actually experienced. He wrote about the experience in so many ways because he was always trying to get a handle on it.
Did My Sacrifice Even Matter?
By Vaneetha Risner
We may have given up everything without much to show for it. We have no outcome we can boast about, no lasting fruit we can point to, no story to encourage others with.
The Commandment for Peace
By Richard Rohr
"But I say to you, love your enemies..." These are the most radical, political, and revolutionary words ever uttered.
Bowing to a King
By Richard Rohr
God has communicated in a million ways that “I am your power,” but we do not believe and trust what we cannot see or prove. Instead, we bow down to lesser kings (like institutions, nations, wars, ideologies, etc.)
Ex-Muslim sparks Christian revival in Iran
By Dr. Hormoz Shariat
God impressed on his heart, "I am going to do a great work in Iran and change that nation forever, and I am giving you the honour to be a part of it."
In beautiful Serbia
By Anna
Rather than a chronological account of our trip, which took about 8 days, I thought to go by topics. Many of the pictures tell the story.
Buddha Prophecy about The Holy One
By Johan Peters & Dennis Edwards
Ed: I lived in Thailand for five years and had learned that Buddha pointed to Jesus hundreds of years before He arrived, but I never knew the details until now.
I Hate Prayer
By Amy Chumbley
There I said it. I think I heard you gasp in horror. I feel ashamed for saying it. But let me tell you why.
An Open Letter to U.S. Christians from a Palestinian Pastor
By Munther Isaac
In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus didn’t say, “Blessed are the peace prayers.” He said, “Blessed are the peacemakers.”
Do the Next Thing
By Vaneetha Risner
These simple four words that have fueled me through the mundane and the monumental. Somehow they brought clarity and strength when I needed it. Direction when I felt overwhelmed.
That Preacher of Peace
By Brian Zahnd
When slight change is perceived as positive we call it progress. But paradigmatic change, radical change is another thing altogether. We call that revolution.
Nightlight show 267 "Daniel 12 and Christianity In The USA"
With Mark McMillian
A conversation about how to make sense of what's going on and where we stand in regards to the Time of the End.
Audio: Follow God and live by faith
By William Lane Craig
I relate to his story, my experience with Jesus was similar and my life of faith, although not academic, has been similar. ~ Paul
EmBracing Your Imperfections
By Vaneetha Risner
As a child, I tried to hide my limp. I wanted to walk as straight as I could so people wouldn’t see my disability. I needed to look normal. I wanted to fit in.
Who Cares what God wants? Most Christians don't.
By Keith Giles
Building holy structures and obsessing about sin has little to do with what God wants.
Does Your God Recycle?
By Pete Enns
The act of reimagining God in ways that reflect our time and place is self-evident, unavoidable, and necessary."
Quakers: That of God in Everyone
By Paul Buckley & Thomas Hamm
Quakers, or "Friends" are fiercely opposed to war and opression, this has led them to play a pivotal role in history.
The Greater Commission
By Keith Giles
“What are the commands of Jesus that you are actively obedient to on a daily basis?”
The media exaggerates negative news.
By Steven Pinker, The Guardian
Ed: Keep in mind this article is from 2018. With the Pandemic negative news has risen exponentially!
My Gift to You
A message from Jesus
My love brings peace of mind when you are confused, rest when you are weary, and strength when you feel you cannot go on.
Calling Christianity Back To Repentance
By Keith Giles
Don’t let the cement of your faith harden. Remain teachable. Hold loosely to your doctrines.
God's Outlaw
William Tyndale Story full movie 1986
A simple God-seeking man, William Tyndale somehow became one of the most wanted men in England and all of Europe. The task was translating the Bible into English.
John Wycliffe: The Morningstar
Peter Howell | Michael Bertenshaw | James Downie
John Wycliffe is a dramatic biography of the life of the 14th century scholar and cleric who translated the Bible into English for the first time.
Biological Weapons
Why We Need a Ban on Dangerous Gain-of-Function Research
organicconsumers.org posted a video explaining why we need to ban biological weapon's research
Providence, Politics, & Peace
By Bruxy Cavey
Here are some thoughts on how Christ-followers can experience inner peace even when living under unjust, ungodly, or even just unstable political powers.
Her Name Was Luna
By Keith Giles
The first thing I did when I got back from the war was to bury my gun in the back yard... Not that I expected it to grow. Quite the opposite. I hoped to lay all my memories of blood and death to rest once and for all.
By Brian Zahnd
I don’t own a shotgun or a hunting rifle for the same reason I don’t own golf clubs...
By Mark McMillion
A viewpoint about the current chaotic conditions in the world
By Fr. Richard Rohr
It's so easy to judge and critique the injustices around us, but...
By Anna
In her blog Anna is looking back over the year
By Mark McMillion
Fulfillment of prophecy is one of the greatest proofs of a supernatural God who has a plan for mankind and is steering events toward an ultimate showdown between Light and Darkness.
Abby Martin interview with Peter Phillips
The world is going off the rails for one simple fact: "The love of money is the root of all evil" maybe that's why Jesus said, "You cannot serve God and Mammon!" - here's proof!
By Cold Case Christianity
There are good reasons to believe angelic beings exist... But another question still lingers: why did God create angel beings exist in the first place?
By Simon Wenham
George Müller (1805–1898) is less known for the life-changing discovery he made in 1841, which lay behind the deep joy and faith that defined and drove his ministry.
By Jared Byas, M.A.
Co-author on Pete Enn's site - in the last chapter of my book you will see I tend to agree with his take on the subject.
By Keith Giles
Is salvation a one time thing or a constant process - or perhaps both?
By Tripp Bond
A contemplation in beauty, truth and how they are intrinsically connected
By Fr. Richard Rohr
You can draw a circle to shut people out, or draw a wide circle to bring people in.
By Michael J. Coren
Pope Francis' hopes for greater equality in the distribution of wealth
Vatican News
Pope Francis talks about an "ambivalence" created by the world of finance and commerce.
By Brian Zahnd
Reformation wasn’t nearly radical enough. The new Protestant churches quickly became the state churches of the emerging nation-states of Northern Europe. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Christian Stories & Great Inspirations
At 21st Century Christianity We Know that With all the Wiz, Bam, & Boom of Today's High Tech, Some Things Still Never Change! The Human Hearts' Need for Love, Truth, Hope, Salvation, & Real Friendship are Things that Will Not Vary. They are a Fundamental Part of our Essence and Nature. Come With Us As We Clear Away The Rubble & Get Back to the Basics of What Jesus Taught & Brought So Many Years Ago.
By J. Warner Wallace
After Death Experience
http://www.backtothebible.org/index.php/Stewardship-Resources/Investing-in-the-Future.html