On 19 October 1980, a large congregation of Polish trade unionists gathered in the chapel of the Wawel Castle in Krakow to hear a sermon from Fr Jozef Tischner—one of Poland’s most prominent thinkers, a philosopher who had trained in Western Europe and also had a reputation as a charismatic
Holiness: Becoming Fully Human By Josh Duckworth The young denomination to which I belong has, from its inception, placed a major focus on “holiness.” The Global Methodist Church even revised its mission statement at its first General Conference to read: “make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptural holiness across
Holiness: Becoming Fully Human By Josh Duckworth The young denomination to which I belong has, from its inception, placed a major focus on “holiness.” The Global Methodist Church even revised its mission statement at its first General Conference to read: “make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptural holiness across
Holiness: Becoming Fully Human By Josh Duckworth The young denomination to which I belong has, from its inception, placed a major focus on “holiness.” The Global Methodist Church even revised its mission statement at its first General Conference to read: “make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread scriptural holiness across
The nadir of David’s reign was reached when he orchestrated the death of Uriah the Hittite to conceal his adultery with Bathsheba. Among the consequences prophesied by Nathan was the grim decree that “the sword shall never depart from your house” (2 Sam 12:10). Only a few chapters later, this
Responsibility for one’s neighbor becomes responsibility for everything—even the world where one’s neighbor exists. It coincides with the responsibility of a servant of God who believes that the fate of the world depends upon his prayer and sacrifice. One is either responsible for everything or for nothing. Only the one
Christianity makes the astounding claim that the world is created. No reality is the cause of itself. All things that we experience to exist are derived, and on this understanding, given being from another. They are derivative from an unknown source that is called God. God simply is, God is
When we read the stories of Jesuit priest Alfred Delp, celebrating mass in shackles in Tegel prison in Berlin in the fall of 1944, of Archbishop (later Cardinal) Francis-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận, celebrating the Eucharist in solitary confinement in Vietnam with a drop of wine and a little bit of