Everyone has a favorite teacher. We’ve all learned quite a bit along the way, which means someone taught us, and, inevitably, some were better at teaching than others. I would describe one of my favorite teachers as “quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to t
08.9.2011| The Fish Tank | jihyechoi
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On behalf of The Harvard Ichthus, Merry Christmas to you and yours! Today, on this annual celebratory day symbolizing the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the celebrations I’ve witnessed of the birth of humanity’s salvation and promise to eternal life have ironically been anxious and frenz
12.25.2010| The Fish Tank | Ruirui Kuang
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Our favorite books are generally not the ones that we disagree with strongly, and neither are they the books which simply reiterate everything that already know. Our favorite books are the ones that put to words the ideas that have been floating in the back of the our mind for months or years or dec
10.19.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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How long has it been since you’ve listened to any part of Handel’s Messiah? If you had to think about your answer at all, the correct response is probably ‘too long’. It is a marvelous piece of music in its own right, but even more moving for how it paints salvation history. The words are ta
10.14.2010| The Fish Tank | Anne L. Goetz
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For the most recent post in this ongoing series, see here. JOSEPH In this post, I wanted to highlight a couple specific strands of what the NT teaches about salvation and see what implications they have for our understanding of baptism. Repentance and Sola Fide Many scriptures about salv
04.12.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
1 CommentWe are all — every last one of us — obsessed with giving good impressions. We like to be thought of as smart, attractive, funny, virtuous, and strong; we want everyone to believe that we have it “all together.” The staff of The Ichthus is certainly no exception. It is our secret hope tha
03.27.2010| Last Things, Volume 5, Issue 2 | J. Joseph Porter
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This is an idea for a brief sermon I hope to deliver to an actual audience someday - hopefully at Harvard. Two years ago, most of our campus was swept away by the election of President Barack Obama. The night he won, it sounded like everyone in Cambridge was outside my room shouting, dancing,
03.19.2010| The Fish Tank | J. Joseph Porter
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