Colossians 1
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Should we avoid liturgical language of light and dark?
While struggling with this question as a church songwriter, I came up with six guidelines.
Should we avoid liturgical language of light and dark?
While struggling with this question as a church songwriter, I came up with six guidelines.
Created out of nothing means created out of love
To say creation is ex nihilo is to say that divine love is the only power at work in the creation of everything.
Created out of nothing means created out of love
To say creation is ex nihilo is to say that divine love is the only power at work in the creation of everything.
David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.
David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.
Why we need Christ the King Sunday (Luke 23:33–43; Jeremiah 23:1–6; Colossians 1:11–20)
The kings in the Bible feel pretty familiar.
A letter from Paul to Christians in the US
Let me cut to the chase, brothers and sisters. Is this what you think living in Christ looks like?
A letter from Paul to Christians in the US
Let me cut to the chase, brothers and sisters. Is this what you think living in Christ looks like?
The New Testament’s christological hymns are songs of resistance
They use the conventions of Jewish resistance poetry to challenge Roman occupation.
The New Testament’s christological hymns are songs of resistance
They use the conventions of Jewish resistance poetry to challenge Roman occupation.
Climate change and the failure of incarnational nerve
Do we really want God to live with us in a poisoned and degraded world?
Climate change and the failure of incarnational nerve
Do we really want God to live with us in a poisoned and degraded world?
Poetry ex nihilo
Anya Silver’s imaginative poems speak from nothingness into new creation.
Christ the artist, we the portfolio
We are God’s artifacts—beautiful, incomplete, and mysterious.
Christ the artist, we the portfolio
We are God’s artifacts—beautiful, incomplete, and mysterious.
The difference Christ makes (Colossians 1:11-20)
To sing of Jesus Christ in Paul's terms seems strange and grandiose and a bit out of touch with the lives of ordinary people right now.
The difference Christ makes (Colossians 1:11-20)
To sing of Jesus Christ in Paul's terms seems strange and grandiose and a bit out of touch with the lives of ordinary people right now.
Christ in all that is
All living things are touched by divine grace—and caught up together in movement toward union with God.
Christ in all that is
All living things are touched by divine grace—and caught up together in movement toward union with God.