Fall Webinar: A Disscussion with Dr. Inez Tuk

Register for the webinar here   Join us for a discussion with Dr. Inez Tuck, IJF Advisory Group member and author of Florence and Mary: Nurse Leaders and Heroines of the Crimean War. Rev. Dr. Robert Wallace, Senior Pastor at McLean...

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Are We There Yet?: A Dream for Biblical Justice

Are We There Yet?: A Dream for Biblical Justice

by Dr. Heny "Hank" Allen Talk without tested evidence is cheap, for often such rhetoric is deceptive for the most vulnerable who crave justice and truth (Psalms 15)! When I think of true biblical justice, Luke 4: 18-19 anchors my thoughts...

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On The Rise and Fall of Nations

On The Rise and Fall of Nations

by Dr. Henry "Hank" Allen No social system ever created can survive the lethal cancer of epic stupidity and moral corruption (Daniel 5). Messiah Yeshua indicated as much when confronting the indecent rulers of His society in Matthew 23. Moreover,...

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Florence and Mary: Nurse Leaders and Heroines of the Crimean War

Florence and Mary: Nurse Leaders and Heroines of the Crimean War

By Inez Tuck Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole are recognized for their heroism in the Crimean War. Little is known about how these ordinary girls from very different cultural and economic backgrounds became extraordinary women leaders. The book describes the...

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Biblical Justice without Writing about It

Biblical Justice without Writing about It

By Eric Forsbergh When I was using bloody instruments in my gloved hands, performing dental extractions for the Mayan Indian people in Guatemala in 1994 and 1997, I felt as closely connected to the mission of Jesus as I’ve ever...

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The “Look”

The “Look”

The "Look" a poem by Inez Tuck, April 2022   A Black Woman Vice President Supreme Court Justice Actor Entrepreneur Professor Nurse Teacher Engineer Housekeeper Attorney CEO First responder Flight Attendant And more! The defense against efforts to humiliate, to demean, to threaten, to diminish. The only weapon to assert boundaries, to counter hate, to protect dignity, to maintain grace. Is the “Look!”

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I Don’t Trust You

I Don't Trust You by Dr. Inez Tuck, January 2022 My thoughts and ponderings during this time of political upheaval and disarray while the Omicron virus surges.   I don’t trust you during these turbulent times. Your words don’t match your actions. Do you really...

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Thank God the American Church is Not Growing: A Lament

by Rev. Gareth Murray Jr., Lead Pastor of  Hillendale Baptist Church What if I told you that American church growth – as presently constructed – might harm the country and the witness of Christ more than church decline? Sounds crazy,...

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Dying by Guns

Inez Tuck, MDiv, PhD, IJF Advisory Board Member I’m shocked, disappointed, saddened, and outraged over the recent mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. Innocent lives were taken by one person with an automatic pistol. We mourn across the nation for these...

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American Exceptionalism: Really? For Whom?

Dr. Henry Allen, IJF Advisory Board Chair In popular culture, among voluntary immigrants and those less informed sociologically, it is often assumed or internalized by many citizens that the United States is exceptional.  To wit, the notion is that the...

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