If we read the biblical text plainly, at face value, without insisting upon an interpretive lens derived from tradition, it becomes clear that Israel and the Church are two distinct entities within the redemptive framework of the scriptures. While saved the same way and belonging to the same God, they each have different particular purposes to serve and different goals to accomplish.
Read MoreThe relevance to the immediate audiences of John’s original letters is much the same as the relevance to those of us living now in the twenty-first century all over the world: take heart, because this is how it will all come to pass.
Read MoreIt is not our job to build the kingdom. It is our job to herald it. And to wait patiently, expectantly and hopefully for its arrival.
Read MoreBe like Abraham. Share in his faith. Believe what he believed in the way that he believed it.
Read MoreThere is wisdom in silence. There is wisdom in waiting to make your judgment until all the pertinent evidence is on the table. There is wisdom in not jumping to conclusions. There is wisdom in not automatically trusting everything those with ideological agendas say you ought to believe.
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