John 3:16……we see that everywhere in the Christian world. If there is one bit of Christian paraphernalia that crosses denominational lines and is truly ecumenical, this is it. I have seen it on bumper stickers, greeting cards, t-shirts, screen savers, baseball hats, memo pads, ball point pens, and yes, even tattoos. It was a scripture…
The distinction between the Law and Gospel of God is one that has been fraught with disagreement and misinterpretation for a very long time, perhaps even since the beginning of the church. It is easy to understand why, not simply because of the difficulty in grasping what each of those words mean, but also because…
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. In the very face of our enemies, God prepares for us a feast. Who are our enemies? Pain, loss, fear. Worldliness, resentment, anger. Failure, abandonment, illness. Death. And yet, our God looks in the faces…
Who is Jesus and why does he matter? It is perhaps the most significant issue we can deal with and it is a question set that we wrestle with, if we are lucky, for the rest of our lives. Jesus significance lies in his being who he is, both fully human, fully divine and, as…
The doctrine of the Trinity is a doctrine that provides us with a road map of how we can speak about God. It comes from scripture and its identification of the God in whom we believe is directly from the Apostolic witness found in the biblical narrative. In a world full of false deities that…
Shepherdess Writes 