Just a quick word of encouragement to any Christian students at Harvard who may be reading this. Many of us who are a part of the various Christian ministries at Harvard are currently engaged with high intensity and focus on reaching out to the incoming class of freshmen. It’s a crazy time–many large group events, too many...
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Upon encountering the New Testament vision for the normal Christian life, a reader with even the tiniest dose of sensitivity is soon aware that the gospel is radically out of step with the rhythms and values of modern life. Yet I think few biblical exhortations are more jarring to us today than the frequent appeal for Christians to be “sober” in...
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“All the churches of Jesus Christ, scattered in diverse cultures, have been redeemed for God by the blood of the Lamb to form one multicultural community of faith. The ‘blood’ that binds them as brothers and sisters is more precious than the ‘blood,’ the language, the customs, political allegiances, or economic interests that may...
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“Accordingly, two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self. The former, in a word, glories in itself, the latter in the Lord. For the one seeks glory from...
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“Above all things and in all things, O my soul, rest always in God, for He is the everlasting rest of the saints. Grant, most sweet and loving Jesus, that I may seek my repose in You above every creature; above all health and beauty; above every honor and glory; every power and dignity;...
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*I’ll be out of town for a few weeks, but in the meantime I thought it might be helpful to share this brief essay I wrote a few years ago on “theological method,” exploring the controversial relationship between faith and reason in Christian thinking. It is in no way an exhaustive treatment, but does suggest a few important...
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*To more fully understand the conclusions in this post, see my introductory post on Christian unity, followed by reflections on the meaning, visibility, priority, benefits, and basis of our unity in Jesus. My modest aim here is to ramble off a few scattered, disjointed implications that flow out of my arguments about unity in previous posts. They seem to be logical inferences...
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