Why Christians Celebrate Advent "The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer "God of hope, I look to you with an open heart and yearni...
But most of the time, when Christians use the word sanctification, they are referring to the progressive work of God to make a believer more like Jesus Christ. As such, Paul can write, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality” (1 The...
In the same way that sourdough culture can reproduce in dough, attitudes can reproduce in communities. We can harness the social transmission of attitudes by joining communities with the attitudes to which we aspire. In the book of Hebrews, Christians are encouraged to aid one another by meeting...
” doubly so if the mode of music is chant or if the lyrics are in Latin. A Mass might have a fine organist and schola. These could begin the Mass with the proper antiphon chanted in Latin. But the Latin and the chant must be “balanced” (that is...
churches with the baroque style of 1600s-1700s being the most prevalent one. The Old Town is crisscrossed by narrow streets. Behind the buildings lie courtyards. A few of them still could be used as shortcuts to go from one street to another, but most are now closed off by the ...
Yancey’s interlocutor wants to be left alone, and thinks that’s the meaning of the “Golden Rule.” Yancey won’t leave him alone because he wouldn’t want to be left alone if he strayed. I’m with Yancey, but it seems like the world around me, including purported Christians, is ...
For a country to be recognised by the international community, it has to respect the rule of law including that the criminals are prosecuted well.A country with thieves in government will not be recognised.What do other world leaders say about our country?Last April, Bangladesh gave $ 250 mil...
Christians can be the light of the world by living out their faith through good works, sharing their testimony, and bringing hope and truth to those in spiritual darkness. Why is light used as a metaphor in the Bible? Light is used as a metaphor in the Bible to symbolize goodness, ...