PinnedDexter Van ZileStrength from the Living WatersOver a year ago, a friend offered me a chance to spend nine days at a cabin in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains of Washington. The…Dec 22, 20211Dec 22, 20211
PinnedDexter Van ZileDeceptive Documentary Portrays Evangelicals as Repugnant OtherEvangelical Christians have been a convenient bogeyman in American society since the 1920s when journalist H.L. Mencken assailed their…Jun 23, 20212Jun 23, 20212
Dexter Van ZileThe Pinch Point is Upon UsFor the past 17 years I’ve been struggling to understand a troubling phenomenon manifesting itself in American public life. For the life of…Feb 4, 20221Feb 4, 20221
Dexter Van ZileEnvy of Cain is Crouching at the Door[T]he conflict between Church and Synagogue is fundamentally an expression of fraternal strife. I would hasten to add that one of the…Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
Dexter Van ZileA Preliminary Response to David Crump’s Book on Christian ZionismNote: Wipf and Stock, a publishing house that recently re-published Stephen Sizer’s Zion’s Christian Soldiers? after InterVarsity Press…Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022
Dexter Van ZileFishing With an Open Mind — and With Narrower BoatsSuzanne Altenburger is the woman with the German accent and a formidable, intimidating gaze who has been a fixture at public meetings…Nov 22, 2021Nov 22, 2021
Dexter Van ZileNeither Saviors Nor Demons, But Neighbors — Just NeighborsA long time ago, I was in a city called Bukavu preparing to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in a country that was then called Zaire and…Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
Dexter Van ZileThe WeanlingAs the sky darkens and thunder is heard from off in the distance, villagers continue in their afternoon activities. Children dawdle…Nov 22, 2020Nov 22, 2020
Dexter Van ZileHackI was helping the old man sitting next to me find the prayer in the church program when I heard the cough. It made me jump out of my seat…Nov 14, 2020Nov 14, 2020