Tag: Jesus
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Christian Doctrine (14)
These are my summary notes on Chapter 14 of Christian Doctrine1 “Who’s in Charge Here? The Doctrine of the Resurrection”: Christians celebrate Easter as the victory of God and good over the powers of death and evil. But in the world we see around us, the powers of death and evil are visible everywhere. [Guthrie’s…
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Christian Doctrine (13)
Summary notes [and comments] on Chapter 13 of Christian Doctrine1, “Is God Against Us? The Doctrine of the Atonement”: Guthrie begins with a vivid image: a revivalist preacher telling the story of a sinful human being, represented by a dirty glass, something God, represented by a hammer, can’t stand; God has to destroy that evil…
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Christian Doctrine (12)
Summary notes for [and some thoughts on] Chapter 12 of Christian Doctrine1, “Where is God? The Doctrine of the Incarnation”: Continuing to follow the pattern established in the Apostles’ Creed for reviewing the doctrines of the faith, Guthrie moves on to “and in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,” beginning with “who was conceived…
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Seventh Sunday of Easter
I blame Jonah. I blame Jonah for this past week having been … unusually uncomfortable. Because … I wanted to enjoy the feeling of being able to point at Jonah and say “what’s wrong with this guy?” I wanted to indulge my first impression of being better than Jonah, because I know that something’s wrong…
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3rd Sunday in Advent
The conversation in what we loosely call our “Sunday School class” this morning, after a sermon that challenged people to think about “who Jesus is for you,” started out on the physical ailments and progressive losses associated with aging, and moved on to the stresses and strains and psychological idiosyncrasies we collect around Christmas, and…
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Reign of Christ Sunday
The Authority of Christ Almighty God, who raised Jesus Christ from the dead and set him above all rule and authority, has given to him all power in heaven and on earth, not only in this age but also in the age to come. (a) God has put all things under the Lordship of Jesus…
Matters of Interpretation 