New life begins with death. This paradoxical truth is conveyed in Paul's exhortation,What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ … Continue reading Paradoxical Life
Good Friday 2015
“It is finished" (Jn. 19:30).Paid in full. Jesus paid it all.What sinful people could never do, Christ accomplished on the cross to forge a way for multitudes of sinners to enter back into a right relation with God.If there is anything good about Good Friday, it is this.Shalom,~ WGN
Altars without Sacrifice
Go into any Christian church building and while you might find an altar in the front of the sanctuary, it is relatively an unused piece of furniture. If one is in the place of worshipping believers, it is a reminder of a past age when God’s people worshiped with priests and sacrifices in a tabernacle, … Continue reading Altars without Sacrifice
Christ Pantocrator
I am checking out this Byzantine mosaic—Christ Pantocrator—and my eyes focus on the Greek text on the page opposite to the Lord’s fingers. (The side with the fingers is Latin) Asides from the calligraphy employed, the capital Greek letters can be made out as follows...ΕΓΩ ΕΙΜΙ ΤΟ ΦΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ Ο ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΩΝ ΕΜΟΙ ΟΥ ΜΗ … Continue reading Christ Pantocrator
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