Our passage today is from the lectionary for the third Sunday of Advent. We are reading from Isaiah 12:1-6. 12:1 In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me,your … Read More
Advent I – Jeremiah 33:14-16
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent, as you probably know, is that season of the year leading up to Christmas. We celebrate or observe Advent from the fourth Sunday before Christmas. It’s a … Read More
Worship – Living Faithfully in a Fallen World
Today is our final session in our series, “Living Faithfully in a Fallen World.” Over the past few weeks, we’ve been focussing on some practices that can be important for developing or maintaining a God-centered … Read More
Fasting – Living Faithfully in a Fallen World
As you know, over the past couple of months, we’ve been talking about particular issues or challenges of living as Christians in the current culture. And my basic argument has been that there are a … Read More
Repentance – Living Faithfully in a Fallen World
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been going through a series which I’ve entitled, “Living Faithfully in a Fallen World.” My basic concern through this has been the changing culture (particularly Canadian culture – though, … Read More
Gnosticism – Living Faithfully in a Fallen World
Our topic today is Gnosticism. Gnosticism is a philosophy that arose around the time of the New Testament though the elements of Gnosticism were (probably) around for some time. Citing the people who study this … Read More
Identity – Living Faithfully in a Fallen World
Last week, we were talking about individualism – how our world has become, continues to be, and may increasingly be highly individualistic. Related to that, as we mentioned, but not the same thing, is the … Read More
Individualism – Living Faithfully in a Fallen World
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been talking about some specific challenges of living faithfully as Christians in a changing world. As most of us know, Christianity does not hold the same pride of place … Read More
Humanism – Living Faithfully in a Fallen World
One of the things that we’ve mentioned often over the past several years is the Enlightenment, or that we in the 21st century west are living in the post-Enlightenment. I’m sure everyone is familiar with … Read More
Idolatry – Living Faithfully in a Fallen World
Last week, we began a new series which I’m entitling: Living Faithfully in a Fallen World. To be frank, you can feel free to ignore the title – I’ve always been terrible at titles. But … Read More