by Mark Marshall | Dec 7, 2022 | Advent, Christmas, Oppression, U.S. Politics
Amidst all the hurrying and scurrying and merchandising of December, it is too easy to forget that Advent should be about preparing for the Second Advent of Christ along with preparing to celebrate rightly His First Advent at Christmas. A message that we forget even...
by Anne Kennedy | Dec 7, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Christmas, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel
In the course of 2022, which is mercifully wending its way to its demise, two people who my older children have looked up to in the latter parts of their teenage years became publicly discredited. In the first case, many months ago, the shaming that took place and...
by David Ould | Sep 9, 2022 | Christmas, History, Jesus, The Gospel
The discovery of the risen Christ on the first Easter Day gave his followers new hope and fresh purpose, and we can all take heart from this… As dark as death can be – particularly for those suffering with grief – light and life are greater.Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth...
by Nick Lannon | Dec 24, 2021 | Christmas, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel
“In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for...
by Anne Kennedy | Mar 28, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, Christmas, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel
Rolling Stone plucked up its stunning and brave courage two days ago to publish a foolish, though illuminating, piece about the rapper, Lil Nas X, who released a music video in which he supplants Satan. Rolling Stone thought it would be clever to go ask a “real”...
by Anne Kennedy | Dec 20, 2020 | Christmas, Church Year
This was a fun thread—a Muslim anthropologically observes his roommates coping with Christmas (and gets into the spirit of the thing himself). They decorate a tree, and work on the menu, and argue about whether or not you can stuff your own stocking. As usual, many...
#179: The (Advent)ure Begins: Waiting, Hoping, and the Start of the Church Year
#178: Underwater Assurance: A Baptism Conversation with James Gad
Let Me Tell You About Human Flourishing
#177: Routes to Rebirth: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Conversion, and Evangelism
Pope Francis, Bishop Strickland and the Limits of Tolerance
