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The Biblical Storyline
In the previous post the Apostle Peter referenced a promise God gave to Abraham (who was then known as Abram): Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from...
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Acts of the Apostles 4.1-12
When we last left off Peter and John had just performed a miracle in the Temple by making a man who had born lame able to walk. This attracted a crowd of people, presumably mostly Jewish, to which...
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Acts of the Apostles 4.13-31
The response of the Jewish rulers, elders, and scribes continues in this passage: 13 Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men,...
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Acts of the Apostles 4.32-5.11
Thus far in the Acts of the Apostles the narrative has primarily been concerned with the formation of the Messianic community that would eventually become known as the Christian Church and the...
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Acts of the Apostles 5.12-42
If you’ve been paying close attention to the previous chapters you’ve probably noticed that the incidents described have a single person in common: the Apostle Peter. In addition to providing us with...
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Acts of the Apostles 6.1-15
Up until this point in the narrative the episodes and events have primarily involved the Apostle Peter. Now the focus will shift from Peter and onto others, the first of whom is Stephen. His time in...
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The Problem of Death
Last Spring I started watching the show Vikings that airs on the History Channel, and one of the most striking things for me about the show is how there is no fear of death in Viking culture. An...
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What’s At Stake in Creation
There was a debate recently between Bill Nye and Ken Ham regarding creation. I didn’t watch it. I have no plans to. Because frankly I just don’t care what either one has to say. However this debate...
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Christianity is Not a Contract!
Tyrael of Diablo fame. “Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different than it was before. And taking your life...
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Propaganda Disguised as “Scholarship”
Recently Newsweek ran a rather lengthy article entitled, “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin,” which claims to be an exploration, “of the Bible’s history and meaning” and “is not intended to...
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Journey to Anglicanism: The Trinity
Rublev’s icon of the Trinity depicts the three visitors to Abraham in Genesis 18. See here for more information about the icon: http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/library_en/lord_trinity_rublev.html...
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A Satire of Modern “Scholarship”
A major, and perhaps fully unrealized, consequence of the Internet is that information is proliferating faster than at any previous time in human history. The supporting narrative heralds this...
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Journey to Anglicanism: The Church
Since the Trinity does indeed interweave our world, and through that interweaving incorporates those who believe into himself by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, then the organizing of such people...
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Why Squirrels are Better
This just in from the stating the obvious department… While I was still living in FL God provided me with a frequent image to consider: squirrels (don’t laugh! this is going somewhere serious I...
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Recognizing the essentials
A recent post at Credo House mentioned the importance of being able to separate the essentials of the Christian faith from the non-essentials, especially when sharing the Gospel, and it reminded me of...
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Freedom in Liturgy
The goal of the Christian life is divinization, or theosis, that, is to become like Christ, to become like God. This goal is not easily attained. In fact it will never be attained in this life, but...
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Healing the Wounds of Sin
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, Ps...
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Empty Spaces
“I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” I was offered a free desk yesterday afternoon while I was walking into my building...
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Recovery
Sometimes things do not always happen as planned. At the beginning of last summer I knew I had been overextending myself for too long and needed a break, which I planned to take over that summer. My...
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Forgotten Elements in American Christianity: Ecclesiastes
American Christianity is unbalanced, I believe. This is not a uniquely American problem though; no culture will ever have a perfectly balanced expression of Christianity. Cultures have a certain set of...
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