Have We Actually Tried Jesus? Christians in the Middle East with Adam Stump

Adam Stump asked two congregations if they knew Christians lived in Iran. Not one hand went up.

We hear plenty about Iran as an enemy, a government, or a military target. But how often do American Christians think about the people living beneath those labels, including fellow Christians?

Adam joins Craig to talk about Christians in the Middle East, Iranian converts worshiping in underground churches, and what happens when nationalism teaches us who our enemies are before Jesus teaches us how to love them.

Adam puts it simply: “We have tried bombs and bullets and it doesn’t work. Why don’t we try love?”

So Craig asks the question hanging over the whole conversation: Have we actually tried Jesus?

They dig into:

Christians in Iran and the Middle East

Iranian converts and underground house churches

Armenian and Assyrian Christian communities

war, American power, and Christian witness

Christian nationalism and political party loyalty

Constantine, Christendom, and the pursuit of political power