Dear ______: Ah yes, your preaching class is requiring you to read something by St. John Chrysostom. I’m so glad — when you get to know a great preacher like Chrysostom, you may end up with a mentor for life. And you might not pick him up on your own, right? But first you have to learn how […]
The Cross of Christ — Protestant and Orthodox
Protestantism is all about the Cross. In my Protestant world, everyone seems to focus on the Cross all the time. It is all about the Cross, especially in the Evangelical segments. After all, the Cross of Christ is arguably the crucial event in the history of salvation. (There are other events that could also make […]
The Paradoxical Presence of Christ (Heidelberg Catechism Q47)
A couple weeks ago I was reflecting on a much-neglected biblical teaching: the ascension of Christ. We may neglect it because there is a conundrum in the ascension: the puzzling, if not outright paradoxical, presence of Christ. Ascension vs. Presence The last scenes of Jesus’ earthly ministry are emphatic about two completely opposite things: Jesus […]
Why Proclaim that Christ Ascended? (Heidelberg Catechism Q46)
One traditional Christian teaching that many today simply ignore is Christ’s “Ascension.” Why proclaim that Christ ascended into heaven? One answer is that it is simply biblical. You find it at the end of both Mark and Luke, but Acts 1 is the version that sticks in our collective memory. The risen Christ has just […]
Why Time Management Is Futile — And A Better Goal
Time management is futile The tricky thing about attempts at time management? The goal is wrong. Time management is futile. Time is completely beyond anyone’s control. Time simply is, and it goes flowing by without asking my permission or changing to my will. If you am going to attempt to manage something, it must be something that […]
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