It would be easier, of course, if we just demanded everyone learn English well to study at Gordon-Conwell, but that would be perpetuating a colonial paradigm. That colonial paradigm was not Jesus’ model, and it did not work.

The church must not be simplistic and think that gun violence is a simple issue. It is very complex. However, what is not that complex is human sin. The church still has the answer to the degree that is truly the Body of Christ, forming people into His likeness.