Of the Twelve, John alone did not forsake Jesus in the hours of His suffering and death. With the faithful women, he stood at the cross, where our Lord made him the guardian of His mother. After Pentecost, John spent his ministry in Jerusalem and at Ephesus, where tradition says he was the bishop. . . . . Continue Reading »
I was thinking of using the title “From Providence to Eschatology” just to make things sounds more theologically rich. Then I though, “So what? Who cares?”There is a step between Christmas and Pentecost, between Israel proper and the church that might be . . . . Continue Reading »
Today is the feast of St. Stephen the Protomartyr in the eastern church. The western churches celebrated his feast day yesterday. His story is told in Acts 6-8:1. One element of this episode has always puzzled me. Verses 2-4 of Acts 7 tells us:And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples . . . . Continue Reading »
The NHS continues to teach us important lessons. Once government bureaucracy gets hold of health care, the sky will be the limit—for their expenses. This is especially true when things go wrong, since the answer to problems with centralized systems is, well, more central . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written extensively about how the Swiss Constitution declared the legal intrinsic dignity of individual plants (and an ethics committee declared the “decapitation” of a wildflower to be immoral ). I have also written how Nicaragua’s new constitution created the “rights of . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written extensively about how the Swiss Constitution declared the legal intrinsic dignity of individual plants (and an ethics committee declared the “decapitation” of a wildflower to be immoral). I have also written how Nicaragua’s new constitution created the “rights . . . . Continue Reading »
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, lead global warming hysteric who wants the elites to impose economic decline in order to save the planet, faced the coldest Christmas in the UK in many years. . . . . Continue Reading »
O Jesus Christ,Thy manger isMy paradise at which my soul reclineth.For there, O Lord,Doth lie the WordMade flesh for us; herein Thy grace forth shineth.He whom the seaAnd wind obeyDoth come to serve the sinner in great meekness.Thou, God’s own Son,With us art one,Dost join us and our children . . . . Continue Reading »
A meditation on what the incarnation means for you and me:An unspeakably great, unexplorable divine mystery is at the bottom of all this. God’s holiness and righteousness must shut the doors of heaven to us sinners, and He knows that neither we ourselves nor any creature in heaven or on earth . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the final post in a twelve part devotional commentary on “O Holy Night.” See the introduction here.Christ is the Lord! O praise His Name forever,His power and glory Evermore proclaim.His power and glory Evermore proclaim.The carol ends on a note of proclamation, its fourth . . . . Continue Reading »
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