Author Archives: Mel Wild

About Mel Wild

God's favorite (and so are you), a son and a father, happily married to the same beautiful woman for 40 years. We have three incredible adult children. My passion is pursuing the Father's heart in Christ and giving it away to others. My favorite pastime is being iconoclastic and trailblazing the depths of God's grace. I'm also senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Wisconsin.

Standing up for Truth and Loving our Enemies

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Mel Wild

Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke once said, “The devil is just a mouse with a microphone.” Jesus stripped him of his power on the cross. Now, the only authority he has is what we give him through the lies we believe. The … Continue reading →

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Keeping the “Good News” good news

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Mel Wild

I’ve been looking at Loving our “Samaritans“—those “evil” people who are on the other side, who we think are our enemies, and may actually be. We could be absolutely right about all of that…yet be on the opposite side of … Continue reading →

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Loving our Samaritans in 2021

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Mel Wild

In my deep dive on Identity Politics, Critical Race Theory, Cancel Culture, and other neo-Marxist offshoots, I have repeatedly said that the people who embrace these divisive and destructive ideologies are not our enemies. And while I hate these ideologies, … Continue reading →

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It’s time to rescue our children

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Mel Wild

We were having a conversation over at Citizen Tom’s blog about how School Choice is the Civil Rights Movement of our Time. At least it should be if we want to save our children from the very dangerous ideological brainwashing … Continue reading →

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Dining with Jesus

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Mel Wild

We’ve been looking at Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. In my post, “The Seventh Husband,” we saw that this woman’s “five husbands” symbolize our trying to find life and fulfillment through our five senses, but they cannot … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing the Communist Manifesto

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Mel Wild

For this week’s installment for my series about the evils of Socialism, I thought it might be good to go directly to a founding document that inspired the deconstructionism of postmodernism, the ‘woke’ religion of identity politics, Critical Theories, and … Continue reading →

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God of the Instead

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Mel Wild

In this world we will have trouble and sorrow—we’ll be misunderstood, rejected, taken advantage of, maybe even abused. This is why we can relate to the Samaritan woman in John 4. We love this story because Jesus doesn’t leave us … Continue reading →

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The “Seventh Husband”

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Mel Wild

Why do we do what we do? And what is it we’re really looking for? Is it not to fill some need? It seems to me that even the things that enslave us are because we’re looking for something valid, … Continue reading →

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How Identity Politics came to America

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Mel Wild

Why do so many of our young people embrace Marxist Socialism? Of course, we older folks know it wasn’t always this way; quite the opposite. So, what changed, considering that everything about this ideology is not only diametrically opposed to … Continue reading →

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Learning how to love like Jesus

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Mel Wild

“Who is my neighbor?” That’s what the religious scholar asked Jesus in Luke 10:29.  What follows is a fascinating study in human nature. Last time, I talked about “Loving our Samaritans.” This is a continuation on that theme. In Luke … Continue reading →

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