Jesus Creed
The young woman, enthralled with her lover’s presence and delighting their Edenic space, now declares who she is: |inline Read more
The young woman, enthralled with her lover’s presence and delighting their Edenic space, now declares who she is: |inline Read more
Our BTS colleague, Joel Willitts, and his wife Karla had twins today. Zion, the little boy, weighed in at 3.4 pounds and his sister, born one minute later, Mary, weighed in at 2.4 pounds. Both the little ones are doing very well with good signs of health. Mary, Joel says, is not too happy about the little tube in her nose, but mom and dad are glad Mary and Zion are here and healthy. Pray for the Willitts — all... Read more
In Paul’s letter to the Galatians the apostle builds an argument that former barriers to the blessing have been knocked down — everyone comes into the family of God by faith. And then Paul gives what my colleague, Klyne Snodgrass, calls the “most socially explosive statement in the NT” — and he says folks have four options when reading Gal 3:28: |inline Read more
Now the young man speaks back: |inline Read more
At times on this blog I have observed that I believe far too many Christians anchor too much of their hope in a political party and in the next election — whether local or national. My own conviction is that Christians need to anchor their hope in God and in the manifestation of the gospel in a local community of faith. A recent book, that of William Cavanaugh, Theopolitical Imagination, clarifies many of my ideas and extends them far beyond... Read more
In the second row of my Jesus class sit four students who are baristas, and they are convinced that my freezing of coffee ruins the coffee. So they insist on a sealed container for my coffee. Now, let’s hear an explanation for all of us: What is the best way to store your coffee? |inline Read more
The young man has just extolled the beauty of his lover, comparing or imagining her ornamentation to that of Pharaoh’s royalty. It is now her turn to answer back: |inline Read more
O God, who for our redemption didst give thine only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
1 Corinthians 15 connects resurrection and redemption more profoundly than anywhere else in the Bible. He became what we are so we could become what he is; our union with Christ ushers us into the resurrection. Here’s a scriptural reading for Eastern morning: |inline Read more
For Tyrese, an 8-year old suffering with a serious fever, for his healing. Lord, hear our prayers. Read more
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