Trinity Sunday asks the church to do what Athanasius spent his life doing: to think carefully about who God is…
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Would That All the Lord’s People Were Prophets
Samuel Mills, the student who had organized the meeting, had been burdened for months by the question of whether American Christians had any obligation to take the gospel beyond their own borders.
Between the Cloud and the Fire
August 13, 1727, during a communion service at the village church in Berthelsdorf, the Spirit of God fell on the congregation in a way that marked every person present.
Come and Hear
The psalmist said, “Come and hear.” The question for each of us is whether we have something to say when someone takes us up on the invitation.
Into Your Hand
Each generation of faith picks up the same words and speaks them into a new situation, trusting the same God who has been revealed with increasing clarity.
The Pastor and the Pasture
They gathered their congregations in remote hillsides and moorlands for illegal outdoor worship called conventicles, with lookouts on the ridgelines watching for government dragoons. And in those hidden fields, hunted pastors led scattered flocks to literal pastures, singing Psalm 23 from the Scottish Metrical Psalter together.
Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
The Wizard of Oz says, “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”. The gospel says to come, look closely.
The Path of Life Begins at an Empty Tomb
Picture it: a man who had staked his entire life on the resurrection of Jesus, walking past hundreds of monuments to the dead, carrying a message that death had been defeated.
The Resurrection Isn’t Plan B
When God asks, “Can these bones live?” the question hangs in the air. Ezekiel wisely answers, “O Lord God, thou knowest.”
The Blind Man Who Saw What Everyone Missed
…Farmers cursed when black sludge contaminated their water. Drake saw what others missed:
Josh Cehulik 