Dan Bryant

Say it: Black Lives Matter

ByDan Bryant June 21, 2020 2 Comments

There is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; for all of you are one... Galatians 3:28 I can understand why many well-meaning Christians make the argument that "all lives matter" as a basic, Christian principle. We are all made in the image of God, all races, male and female (Genesis 1:26-27). American Christians, at least in most white churches, grew up singing "Jesus loves...

Character Matters

ByDan Bryant June 13, 2020 3 Comments

You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant. Matthew 20:25-26 Is the character of civic leaders important in this day and age, or is it just about who delivers the outcomes that I want? I find it particularly disturbing that so many of my...

A Picture is worth…

ByDan Bryant June 3, 2020 6 Comments

Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. Luke 24:13-14 There is nothing particularly unusual about a President of the United States using the Bible. Jimmy Carter gave Sunday School lessons. Thomas Jefferson made his own rendition of...