In some mythologies there are places that are “thin”: spots where the divine is really close to the experienced word. Moderns Westerners, of course, believe all places are “thick”: essentially closed off to the transcendent world. But at the Transfiguration Jesus...
Paul believes that in Christ he has been made free from all human control, but instead of exercising that right to serve himself he gives that freedom away in order to preach the gospel free of charge. This call to living in Christian freedom for the sake of serving...
The commonly held view in the West that freedom and knowledge are the most important values leads to the running over of church members who disagree about issues not commanded or forbidden by God, but for Paul, the goal of the Christian life is not head knowledge or...
What does the word Gospel mean? This question is connected to the related question, "Why did Jesus live?" Many Christians think they know why Jesus died, but have a hard time understanding the importance of all Jesus' actions and teachings between his...
In 1 Corinthians 6 Paul argues against the misguided notion that Christians can do what they want with their bodies since they have the Holy Spirit. This error, Paul says, misunderstands the meaning of the resurrection of Jesus: since Jesus' body rose from the...
Christians have been united to Jesus so that his death to sin means that we have died to sin, and his resurrection means that Christians have been given the power of a new, free life. This happens through our baptism, in which the word of God is mixed with normal...
