We have sin in our eyes, idols in our hearts, phones in our hands–and we have come to worship. Through Ezekiel we see God’s answer to a people who are physically present, but whose attention lies elsewhere.
While no form of worship is perfect, Anglican worship is buttressed by foundational truths that ensure consistent focus on glorifying God alone.
Of all Christmas services, it is the Christmas pageant that most closely evokes the chaos that accompanied the night of Jesus’ birth, and most clearly demonstrates God’s desire to enter the chaos of our lives.
Through the story of Nicodemus conversing with Jesus we can begin to grasp the mystery of the Trinity, drawing us into the perfect love and unity of God.
We are judgmental creatures, and that is a great cause of conflict and division in this world. Christianity offers a unique solution to this universal human problem through God’s surprising judgement of humanity.
Maybe you’re feeling that your heart is incapable of doing what you know it should do, or at least what you know that it used to do. So when scripture commands of us joy and thanksgiving, what do we do?
“Staying connected to the vine” and “producing fruit” isn’t about our effort. It’s about our identity.
More than ever before, there is science to back up what good poets and authors have always known: the world is hungry for the love of their fathers. But even before the poet, it’s the Bible that lets us know there is a father hunger in this world.
What has happened to the Ephesians (and us) to cause such a difference between being hopeless aliens and strangers, to now being called citizens and members of the household of God?
There is an inside and outside to the people of God, and we’re going to be surprised at how those lines are drawn.
