We’re beginning our first Reading the News with Jesus series with one of the most urgent and heartbreaking headlines of our time: Gaza. Before diving into events, I’m shifting the format—shorter, digestible reflections on what I think Jesus might be saying as we read the news with Him. These aren’t pronouncements for Jesus, but prompts to help you listen for His voice yourself.

Gaza’s story is one of overcrowding, decades of blockade, political stalemate, devastating violence, and now, looming famine. The numbers are staggering—lives lost, bodies wounded, homes destroyed—but even more staggering is the human suffering behind them.

In the middle of the noise, I think Jesus might be saying: “Eyes on me.” When the world’s voices shout for our allegiance, His is quiet but true. And “Beware generalizations”—sweeping claims about “all Palestinians” or “all Israelis” distort truth, feed apathy, and deny humanity.

Our call is to fix our eyes on Jesus, let Him dismantle our biases, and learn to see Gaza—and the world—through His eyes.

Stay tuned as we continue listening together.

After months of exploring the sweeping 500-year rhythms of upheaval in the Western Church, I’ve realized something: while deep historical work is essential, we can’t afford to wait to engage with the world right now. That’s why I’m starting a new series alongside the old one. It’s called Reading the News with Jesus.

The premise is simple: every time we read the news, we’re being shaped. The question is—by whom? In a media-saturated world full of bias, outrage, and algorithmic manipulation, how do we make space for the voice of Jesus to rise above the noise? This isn’t just about being informed; it’s about being formed—into people who look and live like Jesus.

Each week, we’ll walk through a current headline together, learning to read not just for facts, but in prayerful conversation with Jesus. Think of it like reading the morning paper with an old friend—one who just happens to be the Savior of the world.

So let’s journey together—less doomscrolling, more discipleship. Less echo chamber, more Kingdom vision. Let’s practice reading the news with Jesus.

It’s been over two months since we began this journey into the rhythms of upheaval—and how, every 500 years or so, the Church finds herself trembling alongside the world. Not destroyed, but disoriented. Not defeated, but divinely disrupted.

These seismic shifts reveal what we’ve clung to in God’s name that bears little resemblance to Him. We’ve seen it before: political idols shaped in the name of Jesus, golden calves dressed in Christian language, baptized ideologies that distort the gospel.

This isn’t new. But it is urgent.

If the Church is to be of any earthly good, we must walk the narrow way—engaged but not entangled, prophetic yet compassionate, political but distinctly Christian.

The upheaval is here. And while it is painful, it just might be our path to renewal.

If we’ve seen major Church upheavals every 500 years, then we’re due. In this installment, we turn our attention to the political undercurrents shaping the Church today—beginning with the rise of democracy and its surprising Christian roots. But while democracy and faith once walked hand-in-hand, what happens when the alliance starts to fracture? This post lays the groundwork for a deeper investigation into the cultural and spiritual forces that may soon shake the Church again.

The Reformation Didn't Start with Luther—But It Changed Everything.
Long before Martin Luther’s hammer hit the Wittenberg door, the seeds of revolution were already planted. Fueled by the humanist spark of the Renaissance and accelerated by the printing press, the Protestant Reformation wasn’t just a religious moment—it was a cultural earthquake. Discover how a German monk, a philosophical shift, and a hunger for truth reshaped the Church and the world.

👉 Read the full post to trace the upheaval that redefined Christianity and still echoes today.

What if the worst church split in history was also a turning point in God’s redemptive plan?

In this post, we trace the centuries-long tensions that led to The Great Schism of 1054—a moment of heartbreak, excommunication, and division that still echoes today. But was it only a tragedy… or also a transformation? Dive in to explore how God’s grace can work even through division.

The Roman Empire didn't fall in a day. As Power corrupts and culture shifts, God raises up something humbler, quieter, stronger. This week's post traces what really happened after Rome collapsed… and how monastic movements may have saved Christianity as we know it today.