August 29th is observed every year as a commemoration of the beheading of St. John the Baptist. The story is told most fully in Mark 6:14-30.The story is gruesome, and the composer Richard Strauss took advantage of the gruesome aspects in creating his shocking opera, Salome. The daughter of Herodias is not named in the Gospel …
Forgiveness According to Jesus
Last Sunday's (Aug 24th) Gospel reading continues to haunt me. It's a beautiful parable, one that is typical of how Jesus taught the unconditional love of God. Unfortunately, the parable raises troubling questions in addition to answering the universal human need for forgiveness. In the parable, a king forgives a huge debt (in today's money, …
Life and Death on August 6th
On this day, 69 years ago, the B-52 bomber Enola Gay, dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on the Japanese city Hiroshima. About 70,000 people were killed instantly and tens of thousands of survivors died in the months and years following from radiation poisoning. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. …
High Christology of Creation (Some Preliminary Thoughts)
Christology is the branch of theology that deals with the person of Jesus Christ. There are a few passages of the New Testament that are considered high points of christology. What is remarkable about these passages is that they seem to be fragments of early Christian hymns. It appears that the early Christians expressed their …
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