Once, on the road of this life, I was a leper.Today I am clean — and I did not go spreading the news,except to speak of the grace that saves,and only when the moment was right. Like Peter, I have lived at the extremes:headlong one hour, holding back the next,full of faith, and a failed…
The letter to the Ephesians is one of the great treatises of Christian literature. Its theological richness places it alongside letters such as Romans, and it offers enduring instruction to the whole community that is in Christ, laying solid foundations for the life of the church. Two major themes stand out in the letter to…
The human body has been a subject of reflection across the centuries, from antiquity to the present day, and no consensus has ever been reached about how to define it. Each culture, accordingly, holds its own understanding of what the body is. In Greco-Latin culture, the body is a kind of prison of the soul,…
The book of Judges portrays the deplorable condition of the people of Israel shortly after the conquest of the promised land. Unlike the narrative of Joshua, Judges reveals a widespread decline in the moral, social, and spiritual spheres. For want of human leadership to guide the people through the disorder in which they found themselves,…
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ for the salvation of humanity is the heart of all Holy Scripture. Through His blood shed on the cross of Calvary comes the redemption of sins for every human being who repents and, in consequence, confesses that Jesus is Lord. Salvation is an act of grace, and no one can…
Contemporary society is intensely secular and pluralistic. Postmodernity places its emphasis on rationalism and on scientific progress, and as a result conservative values and Christian orthodoxy are regarded as outdated and obsolete. The Christian religion, however, remains an indispensable check on the disorders that arise from the destructive side of human nature. It acts as…
The Book of Psalms is among the most sublime works in all of Holy Scripture. In it the most beautiful and intense expressions of the heart come to the surface, giving poetic form to feeling — whether in praise, imprecation, supplication, or instruction. Martin Luther affirmed that the Book of Psalms “puts before us not…
High Christology is bound to the divine nature — both to the nature of Christ and to the essential substance of true discipleship: faith. In it the transcendent takes precedence over the natural world, for in a singular way the spiritual dimension disclosed itself in materiality through Christ incarnate. The Gospel according to the apostle…
The account of the Gospel according to Mark contributes a great deal to our understanding of Jesus — His life and His central mission: to announce the Good News and proclaim that the Kingdom of God was at hand, presenting Himself as the Suffering Servant. Through its narrative emphasis on Jesus’ public ministry, the Gospel’s…
Methods of biblical reading offer different ways of interpreting the Scriptures in the light of an objective perspective. The great majority of studies taking this approach use the historical-critical method. In academic circles a number of hermeneutical methods have emerged that bring ideological presuppositions to the biblical text, among them psychological, feminist, and sociological criticism….
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