In one of my seminary classes, the readings focused on the Sacrament of Baptism and its importance to the first century Christian Church. In connection to this, I also learned about the historic creed called the Apostles’ Creed, whose roots are intrinsically tied to baptism. As those early baby Christians left their Jewish roots, or […]
Recently I had a conversation with a friend over an article she found online that described some beliefs C.S. Lewis held that are contrary to standard evangelical beliefs. (The article mentioned that as an Anglican, Lewis believed in purgatory and praying for the dead, among other things. However I should point out that Anglican doctrine […]
There is a tree in our garden that bears four different types of apples: Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji and MacIntosh. I am not an orchardist and I don’t know the first thing about grafting trees, but I know this is the technique used to produce the unique apple tree growing in my yard. Moreover, […]
Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, ‘You know nothing at all! You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.’ He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that […]
One of the blogs I follow is the Internet Monk (www.internetmonk.com), and I read with special interest the May 9 post, “The Sermonator and the Culture of Pizzazz,” regarding Chuck Swindoll and the particular evangelical movement, over the past couple of decades, toward ‘entertaining’ or ‘high production’ worship. You see, I cut my spiritual teeth […]