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Dr. Zen Hess of Baylor inquires about the telos, the end goal of preaching. Preaching, he says, has many proximate goals: instruction, encouragement, comfort, exhortation and so on. But taking a step back, these results are expressions of a singular end, the activation of the Word in the power of the Holy Spirit. He takes … Read more
Readings Year A Year B Year C Commentary On the Collect of the Day The collect, provided for use in the season when the first advent is recalled and the second anticipated, reminds us of our Lord’s entry into Jerusalem (Lk. 19:44), ” you did not know the time of your visitation,” and prays that … Read more
Readings Year A Year B Year C Commentary On the Collect of the Day The prayer might be compared to this collect for the third Sunday of Advent which entered the Prayer Book in 1662, generally attributed to John Cosin: … The essential difference between Bishop Cosin’s colect and that in the present revision lies … Read more
Readings Year A Year B Year C Commentary On the Collect of the Day The collect is based on verse 12 of the Epistle (Rom. 13:8-14) presently retained in the eucharistic lectionary for Year A. … The striking antitheses are remarkable: cast away darkness, put on light; mortal life, life immortal; great humility, glorious majesty. … Read more
You can use your search bar to look up Bible passages directly! No more loading first, then searching (or searching and clicking the top search result to see the verse). Here’s how to do it in Chrome: From Settings, choose “Search Engine.” Click “Manage search engines and site search.” Click “Add” and enter this information … Read more
God’s best microphone is Christ, and Christ’s best microphone is the Church, and the Church is all of you. … God’s best microphone is Christ, and Christ’s best microphone is the Church, and the Church is all of you. Let each one of you, in your own job, in your own vocation—nun, married person, bishop, … Read more
Brent Niedergall built this retro-style Role Playing Game that pops up Koine Greek words like flash cards as a fun way to say in practice! Configure the game difficulty by frequency of word appearance in the New Testament. Play here: https://niedergall.com/superkoinequest/ From his post on Reddit: “Forget GTA 6. Super Koine Quest (SKQ) launches today! … Read more
Readings Year A Year B Year C Commentary Homiletic Directory That master theologian of the third century, Origen, observed a pattern that contains a great mystery: whenever the Lord Jesus came, he was preceded in that coming by John the Baptist (cf. Homilies on Luke IV, 6). Thus it was that even in the womb … Read more
On his Culture, Faith, and Politics show, Pat Kahnke interviews Rick Pidcock about his new book, Weapons of Worship: How the Songs of Evangelicalism Form the Soundtrack of Extremism. His book details changes in evangelical worship that show the overlap of music in Christian worship services and conservative political rallies. His research exposes the overlap … Read more
Dr. Carmen Joy Imes speaks to Regent University’s “Reading the Bible Right Now” program on the topic of Slavery at Sinai? Wrestling with Slavery Laws in the Old Testament. She is now the associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. Her talk is about 30 minutes, followed … Read more