It isn’t just that so many people today don’t believe in Christianity. Often, they don’t even know what it is. Holy Week showed some extreme examples of this. In his comment on our Easter post, Carl Vehse gave us this, from “NPR Journalist and Catholic College
Congress has passed a law holding websites criminally liable if they are used for sex trafficking. In response, Craig’s List, Reddit, and other sites have shut down their ads for prostitution. The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) was passed on March 21, with overwhelming
The essence of Christianity is not good advice, but good news. And there is a big difference. This was the theme of Pastor Josh Pfeiffer’s wonderful Easter Sermon at Bethlehem Lutheran Church here in Adelaide, Australia. Many people assume that Christianity, like other religions, is primarily
An Italian journalist has quoted Pope Francis as saying “there is no hell,” a statement that the Vatican quickly backtracked, referencing an admission by the journalist that his interviews employs “reconstructions” of conversations. But questions remain, including questions about the nature of the papacy. Here
I love this painting of the Resurrection by Lucas Cranach the Younger (the son of Luther’s friend). It’s filled with light, which has, indeed, overcome the darkness. May all of you have a glorious Easter! Painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger, The Resurrection
I just got back from our Good Friday service. Here in Australia we’re a day ahead of the U.S.A., so this happened on your Maundy Thursday. I’m writing this post so that it will show up on your Good Friday, our Saturday. The service at
Just as some liberal Bible scholars have claimed that belief in Christ’s divinity “evolved” over some centuries of tradition, some have claimed that the emphasis on the Cross of Jesus Christ, along with the atonement and everything else it represents, only developed after the time
Today, on Maundy Thursday, we commemorate Christ’s gift of Holy Communion, in which He gives in an ongoing way His body and blood for us in bread and wine. Peter Leithart at Christianity Today connects the Lord’s Supper to vocation, though he doesn’t use that term: Keeping our
Scientists have discovered a new organ in the body. In fact, it is the largest organ in the body: the interstitium. This is tissue containing liquid-filled spaces that exists between the major organs, functioning in part as shock absorber protecting the organs. The interstitium fluid
We had our Tenebrae service on Tuesday, here in Australia, and the Scripture readings struck me with their irony. It’s excruciating, I thought, using an adjective often used to describe irony in its extremest form. Then I realized that the very word “excruciating” comes from
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