In order to understand the birth narratives found in Matthew and Luke, we need to embrace the fact that there is no way these stories were intended to be …
Christianity was born in the synagogue and the original followers of Jesus were primarily observant Jews. They gathered in the synagogue regularly on the Sabbath for worship. A major …
Inauguration day in America is a time of transition, the proper moment to articulate the hopes and dreams of the future. These things are more vivid if the one …
Before leaving my brief analysis of the miracle stories of the New Testament, I want to look at what is probably the best known miraculous act attributed to Jesus …
When most people think of the miracles included in the gospels, they usually think of a broad series of apparently supernatural acts. They tend not to be familiar with …
Last week, we began to look at the miracles attributed to Jesus in the gospels. Most of them are familiar stories to those of us raised in the Christian …
Before proceeding with this series, I want to return to my theme of last week and examine the concept of theism more closely. In so doing, I run the …
A Note to my Readers:
Many years ago, in 1974 to be specific, for the sermon at the Christmas Eve Midnight service at St. Paul’s …
When people have a life-changing experience, they tend to freeze in their minds forever where they were and even what they were doing when the …