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Unity and Doctrine
In his final prayer before his arrest, Jesus prayed for all believers – “that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in me and I am in You” (John 17:21a). His prayer, simply put, was for a united Church, a united Body, and a united Kingdom.
Two millennia later, there exist literally… more »
A Prayer for the Year’s Beginning
“And he said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ And I answered, ‘O Lord God, you know.’”
Winter is coming – slipping slowly down from the North to press itself under our doors and through our skins and into our bones. When it reaches the marrow, will it find there a chilled lifelessness… more »
Us and Thou – Part I – Hail to the Chief
An Introduction
I was talking recently with a friend who grew up in the Church but eventually fell away from Christian faith, and she said something deeply troubling to me: In fifteen years of church and Sunday School attendance and of being told over and over again to build a “personal relationship” with Jesus Christ, she… more »
“Bring Your Cotton Gin to Church Day”
A New York Times article from last Thursday describes how Rev. Ken Pagano has asked members of his congregation to bring their guns to the sanctuary.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church here, is passionate about gun rights. He shoots regularly at the local firing range, and his sermon… more »
Longing for Eden
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethern. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the… more »
The Dispatch I: Why Christ?
We are pleased to introduce the first installment of “The Dispatch,” a new feature in which students from schools all across New England will tackle a single topic together. This issue’s question is: Why Christ?
Samir Paul, Harvard
The temptation in approaching the question, “Why Jesus?” is to step into the Nietzschean contest of wills that ensues… more »
Receiving the Kingdom of God: Haiti Summer 2004
People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this he was indignant. He said to them, ‘Let … more »
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