Love, but Not Like That
If we want to understand what Christian love is, we must begin not by talking about ourselves but by talking about the God who loves and whose love looks like Jesus Christ and him crucified for the remission of our sins.
A Crisis in Discipleship
It is not just the case that Jesus has provided an example of how we should live. His life, death, and resurrection have provided much more.
What is the sign of the cross?
"The sign of the cross is a prayer."
Evangelical Catholicism: The ecclesiological vision of Archbishop Michael Ramsey (1)
The death of Christ at once shows the essential unity of the Father and the Son, and consummates the mutual society of God and man. The self-giving of God manifests itself in history, within the context of fallen creation, as the humiliation of the Son.
All you need is (God’s) love: Atonement and the Cross
God’s love is something counter-cultural, offensive, and ego-insulting. It is not free, but costly.
9/11 memories and the Cross
I arrived at Ground Zero already convinced that the cross of Jesus Christ was the hope of the world. When I left, I was taken beyond conviction.
The Cross, the form of marriage
The Cross is the nuptial bed on which is consummated the union of divine nature and human nature in the “one flesh” of Jesus. Nothing connotes this more powerfully than our Lord’s final “word” from the cross.