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In the divine economy of grace, sin and failure become the base metal and raw material for the redemption experience itself. Much of organized religion, however, tends to be peopled by folks who have a mania for some ideal order, which is never the case, so they are seldom happy... Read More →

What is the good news that Jesus preached? What is the gospel that we should be preaching today? Noted New Testament scholar, N. T. Wright, offers some concise, thoughtful, and helpful observations on some aspects of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Read More →

Hope is the main impulse of life. —Ilia Delio, OSF Because we are so quickly led to despair, most of us cannot endure suffering for long without some sliver of hope or meaning. However, it is worth asking ourselves about where our hope lies. My friend and colleague Cynthia... Read More →

When Christianity says that God loves man, it means that God loves man; not that he has some “disinterested,” because really indifferent, concern for our welfare, but that, in awful and surprising truth, we are the objects of his love. You asked for a loving God; you have one.... Read More →

The reader should take note that the disciples did not once call him by that title Son of Man. It was particularly Christ who used it. … Christ’s use of the title Son of Man is an elevation of his humanity and at the same time a declaration of his divinity. The Son of... Read More →