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We each have to face mortality alone—but also together.
We each have to face mortality alone—but also together.
February 18, Ash Wednesday (Joel 2:1–2, 12–17; Psalm 51:1–17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b–6:10; Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
Who can sort out the ironies and challenges in these four texts? Where is the joy in this kind of salvation?
February 18, Ash Wednesday (Joel 2:1–2, 12–17; Psalm 51:1–17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b–6:10; Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
Who can sort out the ironies and challenges in these four texts? Where is the joy in this kind of salvation?
A lethal article of faith
Veteran journalist William Kole sets out to understand White evangelical devotion to the Second Amendment.
Christ in my nerve endings
Living with chronic pain is deepening my understanding of the incarnation.
March 30, Lent 4c (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
There is no resolution to the prodigal son story, only the resonance of the father’s words.
March 30, Lent 4c (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
There is no resolution to the prodigal son story, only the resonance of the father’s words.
It’d be easier to ignore the tough parts of this 2 Corinthians text. But that’s dangerous.
It’d be easier to ignore the tough parts of this 2 Corinthians text. But that’s dangerous.
March 2, Transfiguration (Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a))
Peter, James, and John are all of us.
March 2, Transfiguration (Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a))
Peter, James, and John are all of us.
Was Paul disabled?
Isaac Soon employs a sociocultural model of disability as a lens for reading the apostle’s letters.
A posture of hope
No, everything is not fine. But we can help each other envision a better way.
Paul comes to the Corinthians as he is and ministers among them from God’s grace dwelling in his distinct and dented life.
by Brad Roth
June 16, Ordinary 11B (2 Corinthians 5:6–10, (11–13), 14–17)
Paul has been wounded by the church, but he is driven to keep engaging.
Learning to trust in God requires an act of will.
Learning to trust in God requires an act of will.
Sometimes it seems like the believers are the ones for whom the gospel is veiled.