The question of whether Christians should go to church or not can only be answered by answering the question, are Christians the church or not. Once again, Western-style individualism blocks us from even understanding the nature of the problem. The Bible insists that...
John's church was attacked from within by teachers who taught that Jesus was not actually a physical being and that salvation was not about a restored relationship with God but about secret knowledge of God gained privately by the enlightened initiated. John...
The women who go to the empty tomb have a plan to anoint Jesus' body, but they soon realize the main problem with their plan is not merely that the body is missing but that they had planned to anoint his body in the first place. Today, we (and the culture) are...
Pilate and Jesus circle around the question of Pilate's power to condemn him or release him, and Jesus' refusal to play the power game with him. Instead, Jesus holds out the ultimate value of Truth for Pilate's consideration, but Pilate refuses to give up...
The Lord's Supper – the body and blood of Jesus in, with, and under the bread and wine – unites holy God and forgiven humanity through a Jesus-shaped, vertical connection. But the Lord's Supper also creates a Jesus-shaped, horizontal connection...
