The Rise of False Gods: How Ideologies Hijack Spiritual Energy
We trade old idols for new ones—ideologies that promise wholeness but deliver only another cycle of fracture and disappointment.
Wade Fransson
Wade Fransson, a former Christian minister with experience across Europe, South Africa, and the U.S., observed Jewish Sabbaths from a Christian perspective, gaining insights into progressive revelation. Visiting the Baha’i World Center in 1981, he embraced the Baha’i Faith in 2007 with his wife Angela, later founding a publishing company and engaging in Baha’i community initiatives, including The Royal Falcon Foundation and the Created in the Image of God podcast.
187 posts
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Israel, the Jewish Question, and the Longing for Home
A song of Jewish longing becomes a story of finding real belonging in Israel, where dreams move from “somewhere” to soil and daily practice.
Divergent Hearts, Converging Mystery: A Second Conversation with Addison Hart
Faith Beyond Dogma: Four Takeaways from My Dialogue with Addison Hart (Part 1 of 2)
Schism, Drift, and the Long Winter of Islam
Principles without Compass: When Ideals Become Ideologies
Never Again, Never Forget
The Renewal Code
A New Dawn at the Edge of Night—Muhammad, the Qur’an, and the End of the Dark Ages
A Vision Accepted, A Unity Eluded: How the World Embraced Baha’i Social Teachings—But Not Their Source
Exiles, Not Chaplains: The Christ-Shaped Life Beyond Politics and Purity
No Kings Part 9
Let There Be Light
No Kings Part 7
Why I Do This
From Summer to Winter—Drift, Division, and the Lessons of Christendom
No Kings Part 6
Lightness, Play, and the Big Relief: Why Grace Demands We Laugh at Ourselves
No Kings Part 5
Samuel’s Warning, the Rise of the King, and America’s Expanding Thrones
No Kings Part 4
The Heart of the Law—Jesus and the Recasting of the Blueprint
No Kings Part 3
Honoring Lisa: Bearing Witness to an Unfinished Story
Chevruta for the Common Good: What I Learned Arguing with Mark Oppenheimer
No Kings Part 2
Strong Beliefs, Loosely Held: Unmasking Ourselves for True Consultation and a Future Worth Building
No Kings Part 1
The Other Revealed Roads—Krishna, Zoroaster, and Buddha in the Progressive Blueprint
“Did I Stutter?”: Labels, Curiosity, and the Sacred Art of Honest Disagreement
Freedom for Sale
The Drift from Blueprint—From Peculiar People to Patterns of the Nations (Part 2)
Beyond the Echo Chamber: Cultivating Media Literacy as Spiritual Discipline
