Yesterday, we looked at three ways that Christians define the gospel: Story for the Individual Story of Jesus Story of Creation to New Creation My online collection of “gospel definitions” has led me back to the New Testament, where I’ve spent significant time studying the way the word “gospel” is used. I’ve also compared New [...]
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3 Ways of Defining the Gospel
February 22, 2011 – 3:41 am
In February 2008, I began a blog series called “Gospel Definitions”, in which I posted (without comment) any and every definition of “the gospel” that I came across in books or online. Eventually, that series became the largest group of gospel definitions on the web. (See a full list or pdf here.) As I have [...]
Q&A with Pope Benedict: Notable Quotes
February 9, 2011 – 3:07 am
I recently read through the Q&A with Pope Benedict, an interview published as Light of the World: The Pope, The Church and The Signs Of The Times. I highlighted several sections and would like to share them here (along with some corresponding thoughts of my own). On the State of Our World First, George Weigel prefaces [...]
The Lord’s Prayer (Extended with Scriptures)
January 23, 2011 – 3:34 am
One of my favorite ways to pray the Lord’s Prayer is to fill each line with other related Scriptures. Pray with me: Our Father in heaven Everlasting Father of the fatherless, Heaven is Your throne and the earth is Your footstool. The heavens declare Your glory, and the sky above proclaims Your handiwork. O Father [...]
Applying the Sermon on the Mount to Politics
January 17, 2011 – 3:46 am
What happens when a government official, emperor, or politician decides to rule according to the politics of Jesus? Peter Leithart powerfully describes the picture in Defending Constantine: The whole of Jesus’ teaching and activity is abundantly instructive to rulers. Welcomed into the city of man, the Eucharistic city models and teaches rulers to rule like Jesus. [...]
Christ’s Anguish is Our Joy
January 16, 2011 – 3:48 am
Christ was all anguish that I might be all joy, cast off that I might be brought in, trodden down as an enemy that I might be welcomed as a friend, surrendered to hell’s worst that I might attain heaven’s best, stripped that I might be clothed, wounded that I might be healed, athirst that [...]
Jesus in Every Book of the Bible
January 9, 2011 – 3:04 am
Watch as this eleven-year-old points to Jesus in every book of the Bible.
10 Principles for Interpreting the Bible
January 5, 2011 – 3:52 am
Robert Plummer’s book, 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible, is a very helpful resource for understanding how to read the Bible well. In chapters 10-11, Plummer offers some general principles for interpreting the Bible: Approach the Bible in prayer. Read the Bible as a book that points to Jesus. Let Scripture interpret Scripture. Meditate on [...]
Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming
December 25, 2010 – 3:06 am
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming, as men of old have sung. It came, a floweret bright, amid the cold of winter, When half spent was the night. Isaiah ’twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind; With Mary [...]
Caesar’s Palace and Christ’s Manger: Who Looks Like a King?
December 23, 2010 – 3:37 am
Consider Jesus of Nazareth alongside Caesar Augustus. At the time of Christ’s birth, Caesar had issued a call to the Roman world that everyone be counted and properly taxed. As he enjoyed luxurious accommodations in his Roman palace, he hoped to demonstrate his own greatness before a watching world by publicizing the great number of [...]
