Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 holds some of the most familiar words in the Bible, the ones many people know from the Byrds’ 1965 song “Turn, Turn, Turn” long before they know where they come from. In this episode of the Sermon Notes Podcast, Jay Strother and Brian Ball pick up that passage
This fall I am teaching ecclesiology, and as before I began the semester by rooting the Church in creation. Using Book 13 of Augustine’s Confessions and selections from Joseph Ratzinger’s masterful The Divine Project, I try to help my students see that the Church is not an afterthought, a roughly-fitting
Listen to this episode: A real-life story of how radical generosity can transform your relationship with God, even in seasons of uncertainty and loss. Share it with someone who is struggling to trust God with their finances, needs encouragement in a hard season, or wonders if small steps of obedience
It is a natural human instinct to look for the purpose or meaning of things. We ask why we exist, what meaning our lives have, and whether the universe itself has any purpose. And so it is with evolution. Ever since Darwin published the On the Origin of Species in
None of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.Luke 14:33 To be rich and a disciple of Jesus is to have a problem. Christians have often tried to deal with this by arguing that it is not what we possess that is the
What Is the Protestant Reformation? Everything You Need to Know The Protestant Reformation marked an explosive turning point in church history, as it recovered and proclaimed the gospel of saving grace. Its message was that God justifies men in his sight by faith alone. To be saved, a person must
When reality is recognized as event, as originating in the Mystery, this produces an incomparable intensity in your own life. —Julián Carrón, The Radiance in Your Eyes His right hand came off the table, slowly rising. The thumb out, the palm turned up—the gesture of an orchestra conductor. The other