Meridian Magazine Podcast · Come Follow Me OT Podcast 39, “Comfort Ye My People,” — Isaiah 40-49 Isaiah’s very name means The Lord is Salvation. In this week’s chapters (40-49) we get a clear message that there is no other God but Jehovah, who is Jesus Christ. We cannot turn
The fullness toward which every human life tends is not in contradiction with a condition of sickness and suffering . . . the call to human fulfillment does not exclude those who suffer. —Pope Francis, “Messaggio ai Assemblea Generale della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita” Human beings would have been
I remember a particular Sunday in October 1962. It was the first anniversary of me being blind, and I was pretty proud of myself. I had made the transition from sight to blindness with some degree of competency. I had learned Braille well enough to continue with my class. I
From Disputation to Dialogue: Past the Stumbling Block In 1863 Abraham Geiger, the leading rabbi of liberal Judaism in Germany, described the liberating role of scholarly study in the area of religious studies: “The deepest contents of all the spiritual movements is scholarship. Where scholarship turns with its power it
When preparing a homily on today’s reading (1 Cor. 12:12-31) from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, it is tempting to focus on the spiritual gifts due to their popularity in some Christian circles. But if we do, we will be missing an important idea that Paul develops in today’
Taking the Trinitarian Christ out of Christmas A recent poll shows nearly half of Americans believe a Christological heresy. Two Main Principles for Getting the Bible RightJames Emery White examines two basic principles of Scripture interpretation which many Christians ignore. Keith Getty on Dangers of Modern WorshipAmong the reasons contemporary