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The Author of Life Knew Death For Our Sake!

...ultimate reconciliation and redemption of our bodies (and all of creation): the resurrection! This is the Good News, this is Good Friday....

Raised in the Heavenlies!

...t for the reconciliation of all things back to God! Even now in our current state, we are spiritually resurrected through baptism so that we can work alongside God in redeeming this world. This is a very large and deep subject, but I hope this has given you something to want to study further and maybe even some encouragement about what God has planned for our bodies (and indeed, all of creation which is to be renewed – Romans 8:22-23), because salvation and redemption are based around this very concept. If anything, the fact that we, as Christians, look forward to a bodily resurrection says quite clearly that our future lies not in some distant, metaphysic...

Lent Day 39: Leo the Great: Sermon XLIX (On Lent XI)

...eness and reconciliation amongst ourselves, Leo also says that our fast-times should be “fat and abound” with regards to almsgiving and care of the poor. “Let each bestow on the weak and destitute those dainties which he denies himself”, Leo says, which is reminiscent of other ancient sources which say similar things with regards to fasting, and to giving to the poor whatever you didn't use for yourself that day. Leo ends this sermon with an interesting view on forgiveness of sins being tied to baptism, repentance and almsgiving, and also quotes Sirach 3:30 as Scripture to back up his point. Regardless of that, it is right to focus on helping the poo...

The Coming of Jesus: Our Future Hope - What Now?

...e work of reconciliation, helping to bring all things back to God (2 Cor 5:18-19), living in the reality of the eighth day! Further Reading http://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/essays/2000-years-late/ http://georgekouri.publishpath.com/the-early-church-fathers-and-the-last-days-of-the-jewish-age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism_(Christianity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatology http://www.preteristarchive.com/Hyper/2002_green_time-indicators.html...

Jesus, Mithras and Ancient Roman Cults: Separating Fact from Fiction

...anity and reconciliation to God. This is something the Mithraic cult doesn’t touch on or really have any comparable beliefs or doctrines that we know of, so any claims to the contrary are factually incorrect. The Decline and Disappearance The cult of Mithras spread throughout the Roman Empire, especially in the western provinces, and left behind numerous temples and artefacts. However, as Christianity gained prominence in the late Roman Empire, the cult of Mithras faced some stiff competition and began to decline and Christianity eventually overtook the cult. The two religions have a few things in common on the surface — both involve initiation ritual...

David, Saul, And How We Respond To Broken Leadership

...ursuit of reconciliation and justice. It is about a revolution of love that is big enough to set both the oppressed and the oppressors free. — Shane Claiborne, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals David modelled this “third way” — neither fighting Saul in rage nor running away in despair. Instead, he stood firm in righteousness. He showed mercy. He trusted in God’s timing. And Jesus, the Son of David, took it even further. On the Cross, he resisted evil without violence, disarming “the rulers and authorities” (Col 2:15), offering forgiveness to those who crucified him (Luke 23:34). His revolution was — and is — a rev...