In Scripture as in Christian worship, revelation is strongly linked to vision, not only as light coming from a distant source but with constant reference to the power of seeing itself … climaxed by the Fourth
The pages of Scripture and stories like Thomas’ are not simply placed in the Bible for good story telling, they are present to give us the evidence we need to have today so we can proclaim this singular truth: Jesus is alive. After some reflection, the conversation continues with Jesus ma...
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in connection with "seeing into our own nature," poetry is thesomethingthat wesee, but theseeingand thesomethingare one; without theseeingthere is nosomething, nosomething, noseeing. There is neitherdiscovery nor creation: only the perfect, indivisible experience. ...
Seeing is not necessarily believing. The difference, in my mind, is going deeper…intrepreting the meaning of what we observe and, ideally, applying it. As Espiscopalians, we often refer to ourselves as discerning people. The foundation of our theology is three-fold: Scripture, Tradition and...
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Scripture, and Christian doctrine, is clear that salvation is found only in Jesus and by believing in him. But what about a person who has never heard of Jesus. Are they lost with no possibility of salvation? Or is there the possibility of another way? This article will explore that possi...
Her windows are striking, comprised of multicoloured shards arranged in collage-like images based on scripture. One depicts a huge stack of books with a laptop at the bottom, another is of a child soldier. Our tour guide told us these avant-garde windows are controversial and garner a ...
Thanks to the help of a beautiful but quirky techie, Luke increases the power of the goggles until he is thrust even deeper into the spirit world. With their added strength and the help of others, darker secrets are soon uncovered until Luke himself is seduced by the power and pride that...
John 3:16is arguably the most famous, most cited, and most quoted verse in the entire Bible. And for good reason: it is good news! It is one of Scripture’s most beautiful pictures of the gospel. It is also one of the verses we struggle to understand well. ...