A favorite text for man is Matthew 6:33 (Q par. at Luke 12:31). Here it is in context: 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly... Read more
3d Sunday after Epiphany Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more
MarkO pointed me to this snow sculpting in China. Cool. You know it’s cold when pigeons are seeking the flame: |inline Read more
The first part of Edith Humphrey’s book, Ecstasy and Intimacy, is about Love and has three sections: the Holy Tryst and Story, Separation and Approach, and (today’s post’s topic) Word and Wisdom/Knowledge and Faith. |inline Read more
The first part of Edith Humphrey’s book, Ecstasy and Intimacy, is about Love and has three sections: the Holy Tryst and Story, Separation and Approach, and (today’s post’s topic) Word and Wisdom/Knowledge and Faith. |inline Read more
O God, by the preaching of your apostle Paul you have caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we pray, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show ourselves thankful to you by following his holy teaching; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
We now come to a second “Q” text: Matthew 6:10. If Jesus ever defines kingdom of God it is here: |inline Read more
Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford each opened the door to the influence of the Christian faith on their Presidencies though they did so in discreet enough of ways not to offend the public nor to offend the principles John F. Kennedy articulated. Chp 2 of Randall Balmer’s fine God in the White House sketches God in the White Houses of Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. |inline Read more
I haven’t known much about the Salvation Army though as a kid my parents had some friends were Salvationists, so it was with some anticipation of learning that I read Roger J. Green (a Salvationist himself) and his new book Life and Ministry of William Booth. It’s a good read about a major figure in 19th Century English (and American) Evangelicalism, shaped as Booth was by Wesleyan theology. |inline Read more
We looked at the references to kingdom in Mark; we now turn to the passages found in both Matthew and Luke but not in Mark. Many Gospel scholars call these passages in Matthew and Luke (but not in Mark) “Q” — a letter beginning the German word “Quelle” meaning “Source.” That is, the Source both Matthew and Luke used in addition to using Mark. Whether you agree or not doesn’t concern me — the first passage is another one of... Read more
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