Or as theologian Paul Fiddes put it, “Far from simply forgetting about the sins of the world, [God] journeys deeply into the heart of [the human] condition. . . God participates in our brokenness, to win us to the offer of healing.” In our own evil time, when hate and cruelty ...
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling ...
7[I am writing] to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called to be saints (God’s people)andset apart for a sanctified life, [that is, set apart for God and His purpose]: Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and from the Lord Jesu...
At the time of writing this, it is Father’s day in the UK. A time to give thanks for our Fathers with us and not with us. For some this is a special day, for others a very difficult day for all sorts of reasons. God’s people look to him as our Father, one who cares for ...
It’s interesting that in the traditional story about the defeat of Lucifer and the angels who chose wickedness, it is the angels and archangels who drive them out of heaven and into hell, and Michael is called the angel-general in spiritual writing. In our modern military, it would be ...
the homework before coming to class, but the dry writing and brain-tangling word problems resulted in a better choice for me: sneak out my bedroom window and climb up on the roof of the hen house to gaze at the moon. I squeaked by the class with a D and a sour taste for the ...
but you never felt that anything need be reserved as to the character of Jesus. If his chronicles had kept on writing till the world itself had been made a library of the lives of Christ they would never have recorded an unworthy act or a regrettable word. It is not only that his purs...
This is all false and cannot be defended from scripture. Rome’s argument, both in the CCC and at Vatican I, centers on Matthew 16:18 and some supporting citations. My argument here focuses on the Matthew 16 passage. If you want to read more about Rome’s grave and terrible errors abo...
I spend about twenty hours a week studying for and writing sermons for Sundays. Throughout the day, I get thoughts that inspire me in my relationship with Jesus. Why not share those? That’s what “The J Word” is about – Following Jesus and His Word. It might be a sermon. It ...
but you never felt that anything need be reserved as to the character of Jesus. If his chronicles had kept on writing till the world itself had been made a library of the lives of Christ they would never have recorded an unworthy act or a regrettable word. It is not only that his purs...