Judah was devastated by Babylon's conquest, but in the resulting exile God promised them that while earthly kingdoms come and go, his word would stand forever. This word has been preached to God's people by prophets who have announced that God is planning to...
The beginning of advent marks the turning over of the Christian calendar, a calendar which – like all calendars – gives order and meaning to our actions. Specifically, the first coming and second coming of Jesus – which Advent celebrates –...
God liberates the people of Israel out of slavery in Egypt and establishes them as his own kingdom, and calls it good. But even though the Christian church of Paul's day lives under the tyrannical rule of the Roman Empire, Paul calls on God's people to give...
The modern west holds that “all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights,” and that this enlightenment principle of human liberty is “self-evident.” But this deistic idea of God-created principles of freedom which are...
In Colossians 1, St. Paul powerfully describes Jesus as the one who made everything, sustains everything, and controls everything; but on top of that, Jesus is also the one who is determined to win his creation back to himself by redeeming his humans and his world by...
