Jonathan Merritt

“You remember Rodney King, don’t you?” These words were spoken to Ernest Grey in 2002 when he was a young, black student at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. They…

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5 min

The Antidote to Feeling Spiritually Empty

Posted on April 1, 2014June 7, 2017

I’ll never forget the day the emptiness came. Our church services had just concluded, and volunteers were beginning to clean. I sat alone in the worship center, hands trembling. That…

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3 min

What the Most Negative Election in U.S. History Says About Us

Posted on November 9, 2012June 7, 2017

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, we learned that President Barack Obama would remain the leader of the free world. But his victory came at a price. He and…