In our series, "Questions People Ask" we encounter the commonly-asked question, "What Do I Have To Do To Be A Good Christian?"? There are plenty of people willing to answer this question for you, but instead we will think it through together.
In our series, "Questions People Ask" we encounter the commonly-asked question, "What Do I Have To Do To Be A Good Christian?"? There are plenty of people willing to answer this question for you, but instead we will think it through together.
In our series, "Questions People Ask", we come to "Does Praying To God Do Anything?" and ask why it seems that prayers go unanswered and yet people faithfully pray.
In our series, "Questions People Ask", we come to "Does Praying To God Do Anything?" and ask why it seems that prayers go unanswered and yet people faithfully pray.
In our series, "Questions People Ask", we consider the problem of reconciling the idea of a good and powerful God who acts in the world with our own experience that the world is full of pain, suffering and evil.
In our series, "Questions People Ask", we consider the problem of reconciling the idea of a good and powerful God who acts in the world with our own experience that the world is full of pain, suffering and evil.
In our series, "Questions People Ask", we explore the nature of God's control and human choice. We ask, "If God Is Completely In Control, How Can I Be Responsible For My So-called Choices?"
In our series, "Questions People Ask", we explore the nature of God's control and human choice. We ask, "If God Is Completely In Control, How Can I Be Responsible For My So-called Choices?"
In our series, "Questions People Ask" we begin with the question, "How Do You Know There Is A God?" We looked at the range of responses to this question from members of our community and considered them in some detail.
In our series, "Questions People Ask" we begin with the question, "How Do You Know There Is A God?" We looked at the range of responses to this question from members of our community and considered them in some detail.
On Trinity Sunday we consider the idea that there is one God in three persons. Just what does that look like? How can we understand it and how might our ideas about the nature God shape how we live?
On Trinity Sunday we consider the idea that there is one God in three persons. Just what does that look like? How can we understand it and how might our ideas about the nature God shape how we live?
At Pentecost, the Christian community talks of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church but how did those in the 1st century understand the concept of Pentecost? And how did their understanding inform ours?
At Pentecost, the Christian community talks of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church but how did those in the 1st century understand the concept of Pentecost? And how did their understanding inform ours?
We have been looking at the Easter story according to Luke's Gospel and his second work, The Acts of the Apostles and now find Luke dealing with some remaining details before the coming of the Holy Spirit. In particular, we see two troubling questions addressed in today�"s New Testament reading: (i) What about Judas? and (ii) What about the “twelve” now that Judas is gone?
We have been looking at the Easter story according to Luke's Gospel and his second work, The Acts of the Apostles and now find Luke dealing with some remaining details before the coming of the Holy Spirit. In particular, we see two troubling questions addressed in today�"s New Testament reading: (i) What about Judas? and (ii) What about the “twelve” now that Judas is gone?
At the start of the Acts of the Apostles, Luke summarizes the story thus far and we find the disciples waiting on the promise of God, without quite understanding for what they were waiting!
At the start of the Acts of the Apostles, Luke summarizes the story thus far and we find the disciples waiting on the promise of God, without quite understanding for what they were waiting!
Only Luke describes a physical setting for the ascension of Jesus. How are we to understand this description? Are the paintings of Jesus floating away on clouds what Luke had in mind?
Only Luke describes a physical setting for the ascension of Jesus. How are we to understand this description? Are the paintings of Jesus floating away on clouds what Luke had in mind?
Jesus refers to a proclamation to be made by the disciples in his name to all nations. He charges them as "witnesses". What does it mean to be a "witness"? How does the concept of "witness" influence discipleship?
Jesus refers to a proclamation to be made by the disciples in his name to all nations. He charges them as "witnesses". What does it mean to be a "witness"? How does the concept of "witness" influence discipleship?
Jesus appeared to the disciples in Jerusalem (the city of peace) and greeted them by saying "Peace Be With You" (Shalom). What did he mean and what is captured in the word "shalom"?
Jesus appeared to the disciples in Jerusalem (the city of peace) and greeted them by saying "Peace Be With You" (Shalom). What did he mean and what is captured in the word "shalom"?
On the road to Emmaus, two men encounter the risen Christ who explains to them how his life and work may be understood through the Hebrew Scriptures. He is revealed to them through the breaking of bread.
On the road to Emmaus, two men encounter the risen Christ who explains to them how his life and work may be understood through the Hebrew Scriptures. He is revealed to them through the breaking of bread.
Understanding the events of Easter Sunday.
Understanding the events of Easter Sunday.
The journey through Holy Week begins with Jesus welcomed by adoring crowds as he enters Jerusalem and ends with his body lying in a tomb. What happened? How could this have come about?
Celtic Christianity developed in ways quite different from Christianity within the reach of the Roman Empire. Here we examine the Celtic tradition and see what we might learn for today.
