In Christianity there are two different, but related, senses of the word confession. On the one hand, there is a confession of faith – the public and private statement of what Christians believe. On the other hand, there is also a confession of sin – the...
The book of Ecclesiastes' raw outlook on the fallen human condition sees the pursuit of money and material goods as an empty waste, a vanity. But then, in the next breath, it will turn towards the enjoyment of the things money can buy as genuinely worthwhile. For...
The discussion between Jesus and the rich young man revolves around the young man's inability to see the Law of God as anything more than a way for humans to display their goodness or their badness. But Jesus calls him to see the Law, instead, as a display of the...
Every human belief or opinion is based upon a presupposition – a faith commitment that cannot be proven but can only be assumed. For instance, the difference between Christianity and atheism is not the difference between “faith” and “reason”, between opinion and...
Jesus is better than angels because while they mediated the law to Moses on Sinai, Jesus has mediated an eternal covenantal relationship between God and his people. Because of this, in Jesus we are given the privilege to rule and reign over all things, we are able to...
