On this Maundy Thursday, when Christ instituted the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, it’s good to reflect on the significance of that gift. Different theologies, of course, think of Holy Communion differently, but there would surely be a consensus that the sacraments work against
Missionary Nik Ripken has written a moving account of Christians undergoing persecution in Muslim lands, drawing mainly from his experiences and inside contacts in Somalia. The definitive act that sets apart Christians from Muslims and that invites persecution, he explains, is baptism. From Nik Ripken, Baptism:
In Great Britain, the LGBT+ ideology has free rein. When a special curriculum promoting that ideology was implemented in Birmingham’s public schools, conservative Christians didn’t like it, but that carried no weight. Because of its teachings on transgenderism–that men must be accepted as women if
The events commemorated in Holy Week, which began yesterday, are not just ancient history. We need to take them personally because, by virtue of our baptism and faith in Christ, we are connected to those events. The words of the old spiritual ask, “Were you
Did you know that our military has the capability of shooting down artillery shells? Even small, close-distance mortar shells? This staggering technology has been used in Iraq and Afghanistan, saving countless lives. This also represents a new phase in military history, with its constant pattern
We used to think that science is reductionistic, that once we have a “scientific” explanation we now understand it, the mystery is banished, it’s no longer a big deal, and we can move on. But now science has come so far that the more we
Can Christians build a perfect society on earth? If not, does that mean that we do nothing to battle the evils in society and improve the world around us? Shouldn’t we at least try? How about in our personal lives? We must strive to obey
One of the differences in Western Christianity, in both its Catholic and Protestant versions, and Eastern Christianity, the Orthodox tradition, is their positions on the relationship between the church and the state. Specifically, Orthodoxy emphasizes a radical submission to the earthly rulers. Whereas in Western
Amazon Prime is producing a television series based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, drawing on the author’s voluminous tales of his imaginary world. Amazon paid the Tolkien estate $250 million for the rights, and the budget
April 6 is the Day of Commemoration in the Lutheran calendar for artists Lucas Cranach (1472-1557) and Albrecht Dürer (b. 1471, who died on April 6, 1528). (Anglicans honor them, along with Matthias Grünewald, on August 5). Since Cranach is the patron of this blog, we need to
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