(Apologies on the long post, but the Resurrection warrants it. Feel free to bookmark this post and come back to it if time is needed to read it. This is also partially an excerpt from a yet-to-be-published manuscript I’ve written [if anyone is interested, let me know], so I hope you enjoy) It may seem an odd … Continue reading
In yesterday’s post I wrote about how Christianity is more than following Jesus in some form of the Social Gospel, but deals with actually bringing people to Christ. I’ve thought more about that phrase that I used in the post (“bringing people to Christ”), mostly because I felt uncomfortable using it. I think the reason … Continue reading
As Christians, we sometimes forget what Christ really brought – what He really brings – into this world. We find it easy to place our message on a bumper sticker, or to put it on a t-shirt, or to make a really cool song out of it. It’s easy to sign a petition or pass … Continue reading
I wanted to share this amazing article on friendship that my wife recently posted on her ingenious blog The Philosopher’s Bride. God bless! Pain in the Offering
Pride lies at the heart of nearly all of the devisions we find in the Church. We Christians are often too quick to judge those who differ from us and place far to much stock in our own vain opinions. We blatantly ignore the One who binds us together as one body, the creator and … Continue reading
Today I wanted to pass on this beautiful prayer that my wife shared with me. She read it in a devotional book by Molly Sabourin entitled Close to Home which I highly recommend. It is the prayer of Metropolitan Philaret of the Orthodox Church. Please read it carefully, meditate on its content, and make it … Continue reading
Today I’d like to share a passage from The Wisdom of Solomon which vividly portrays the ethical consequences of the naturalistic view of reality. I ask you to meditate on these words and to wrestle with the implications of a world in which God does not exist, in which there is no objective purpose or … Continue reading
“Mystic Mondays” is a series done here at the Christian Watershed in the hopes of keeping us grounded. While we support the rational defense of the faith, we must ultimately concede that our faith is beyond reason; Christianity contains reason, but reason doesn’t contain Christianity. This is because our foundation is not in a system, … Continue reading
My internet friend David Hayward (The Naked Pastor) wrote a post yesterday posing some good questions about the rise of fundamentalism in today’s world. He sees the retreat to fundamentalism as a response to our uncertain and changing times. To him, it is merely an unwillingness to deal with mystery that causes people to become … Continue reading
I’ll be honest, the title is really just to catch people’s attention. But now that I have it, there is still a point to the title. I’ve been reading about the problem of evil lately and as one might suspect, it’s quite easy to lose faith in humanity during such an endeavor. After all, we … Continue reading
