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Means and Ends of Evangelism

From Billy Graham to Michael Ramsey, how might a Christian sociology speak to a hyper-individualized culture?

Baptized with His Baptism

At Christ's baptism, heaven opens and our access to God is inaugurated. We exiled children of Adam and Eve are called beloved.

Martyrs, Monasteries, and the Miracle of Iran’s Christian Revival

In every era, from the apostolic age to today, the story of Christians in Iran has been marked by suffering and extraordinary faith

Growing with the Grain of Creation

A consumer economy breeds a consumer faith. Churches modeled on market dynamics are ultimately incapable of creating deep covenant community.

Epiphany: The Light Shines in Darkness

There is a thread in scripture, a recurring theme in the unfolding story of God's providence, of salvation coming at night.

A Nazareth Pilgrimage and the Incarnation

The Incarnation is more than an idea. God inhabited a home, one in Nazareth that can be visited to this day for prayer.

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio & the Coming of Christ

Bach's Christmas Oratorio helps us inhabit joy and embrace the implications of the Incarnation, confronting a world which needs the savior.

Magic, Faith, & J.M. Neale’s Sermons on the Holy Name of Jesus

Magic is manipulation and control. John Mason Neale's sermon series on the Holy Name of Jesus express an anti-magic, faith in a living God.

St. Joseph and the Birth of Jesus

How is Jesus from the "root of Jesse" when he is not Joseph's natural son? Joseph’s role in the birth of the Messiah was indispensable.

People Who Hate Children

In Matthew, the child Jesus escaped slaughter just as Moses did in Exodus. But God became a hated child for the sake of all hated children.

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