Archive for April, 2009
Can a scientist believe in the Resurrection?
The Surprising Character of Early Christian Hope: The foundation of my argument for what happened at Easter is the reflection that the Jewish expectation of resurrection has undergone remarkable modifications or mutations within early Christianity, which can be plotted consistently right across the first two centuries. And these mutations are so striking, in an area of human experience where societies tend to be very conservative, that they force the historian, not least the would-be scientific historian, to ask, Why did they occur?
An Interview with Sister Aemiliane
Orthodox theology seemed to me so obviously more adequate, natural, and just… true. There were other things that I didn’t understand, didn’t like, or was repelled by, but one thing that I understood was that these people knew about prayer. They knew about the connection between the mind and the body. Those were enough to interest me. I still had an attract/repel relationship with the Church. I had to turn inside out in order to enter the Church…
The Crucifixion of the Paschal Lamb
From the Jewish Quarterly Review: Justin Martyr depicted the paschal lamb as being offered in the form of a cross and he claimed that the manner in which the paschal lamb was slaughtered prefigured the crucifixion of Jesus. An examination of the rabbinic evidence seems to show that in Jerusalem the Jewish paschal lamb was offered in a manner which resembled a crucifixion. The rabbinic evidence could also provide an explanation for the crown of thorns with which Jesus was adorned. More…
What did Christ do for us?
Life, and forgiveness, and holiness, righteousness, healing… it’s a mistake to think those are gifts God gives us. Instead Jesus IS the life in us. He Himself is our righteousness, our peace, our wholeness. You don’t receive these things as gifts, like created items separate from Him — instead in Christ you get all of God. More…
Pray without ceasing
We very much pity those Christians who think that the best rest for their exhausted soul is to watch television news. This isn’t a bad thing, perhaps, but it’s a dead thing. You may spend all of the earthly time you have been allotted with such distractions, but you will never be at peace.
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