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Biblical Authority and Christian Political Allegiance: The Church, Political Power, and Public Witness in an Age of Polarisation

Grace, Daniel J.

This article examines Christian political allegiance under the authority of Scripture in an age in which political identity can become a rival source of belonging, moral certainty, and quasi-religious devotion. It argues that the Bible neither authorises political withdrawal nor permits the Church…

Biblical Studies & InterpretationView record
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Beginning with Jesus: Recovering a Christ-Centred Theology in Dialogue with Contemporary Science

Grace, Daniel J.

This article proposes a Christ-centred framework for constructive dialogue between Christian theology and contemporary science. Its central claim is that Christian theology should begin with the person, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, while scientific inquiry should be respected as the disciplined…

Theology, Science & TechnologyView record
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The Christ Who Would Not Be Hurried: Jesus, Sacred Time, and Resistance to the Speed of the Modern World

Grace, Daniel J.

This academic study develops a Christ-centred theology of sacred time through close engagement with the Gospel narratives, Christology, ecclesiology, spiritual formation, and critiques of modern acceleration. It argues that Jesus Christ was never governed by public pressure, institutional demand, spectacle, or anxiety. His…

Practical Theology & Public LifeView record
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The Church in an Age of Exhaustion: Christian Faithfulness, Sabbath, Ministry, and Human Limits in a Culture of Constant Activity

Grace, Daniel J.

his article develops a theological and ecclesiological account of exhaustion within contemporary Christian life and ministry. It argues that chronic exhaustion is not merely an individual problem of time management, but is often produced by wider cultural, institutional, technological, and theological assumptions concerning…

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The Theology of Attention: What We Give Our Minds to Shapes Our Souls

Grace, Daniel J.

This article develops a theological account of attention as a central dimension of Christian discipleship and spiritual formation. It argues that attention is neither psychologically neutral nor merely a matter of personal productivity, but a moral and spiritual practice through which human desire,…

Systematic & Philosophical TheologyView record
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When Christian Influence Becomes More Important Than Christian Witness: Power, Public Theology, Ecclesial Integrity, and Faithfulness in the Digital Age

Grace, Daniel J.

This article examines the growing tendency within contemporary Christianity to treat cultural influence, political access, institutional visibility, and digital reach as primary indicators of ecclesial success. It argues that influence is not inherently opposed to Christian mission but becomes theologically disordered when detached…

Practical Theology & Public LifeView record
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Anabaptist Christianity

Grace, Daniel J.

Anabaptist Christianity explores the history, theology, biblical convictions, and continuing witness of the Anabaptist tradition. Emerging during the sixteenth-century Reformation, Anabaptist communities called the Church back to voluntary faith, believers’ baptism, discipleship, Christian community, peace, simplicity, religious freedom, and obedience to Jesus Christ.…

Christian History & ArchaeologyView record
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False Teachers in the Seven Churches

Grace, Daniel J.

The Nicolaitans, Jezebel, Balaam, and Spiritual Deception Introduction Throughout Christian history, believers have often focused on threats coming from outside the Church. Persecution, political opposition, cultural hostility, and social pressure have all challenged Christian faith. Yet the Book of Revelation reveals a different…

Biblical Studies & InterpretationView record