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…13 min read·Dec 22, 2021--1--1
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…10 min read·Jun 23, 2021--2--2
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…10 min read·Feb 4, 2022--1--1
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…4 min read·Feb 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…6 min read·Jan 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…10 min read·Nov 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…15 min read·Dec 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…5 min read·Nov 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…11 min read·Nov 14, 2020----
