Advent 2022 Series: Love — God is Weird Christianity is a weird religion. Traditional ways of thinking about God in other religions tell us that God is either completely separate from this world, or that everything in this world is a part of God. Christianity, on the other hand, both agrees and disagrees with both of these claims…

A Protestant Approach — Christianity is a complex and varied tradition that has spanned over thousands of years in following and worshipping Jesus. The Protestant reformation brought a central emphasis on the importance of the Scriptures in understanding and guiding us in this practice. However, because of this, sometimes the importance of history is…

The New and the Old — Reading the Bible is no easy task. Much of it is complicated and hard to figure out — and there are so many different interpretations! How do we approach this? The Key to God’s Riddle There are a lot of complicated things in the Bible, Old Testament and New, but there is a way we…

God Made Flesh — Jesus Christ is the central figure of Christianity. The whole of what it means to be Christ-ian is based on who He is, what He did in His life, and what that means to us. Hebrews 12.1–2 — Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…

Jesus our Saviour — The core of the Christian message is that the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is good news (or gospel) for all people. Luke 2.10–11 — Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this…

Christ: One and Only — The church has had seven ecumenical councils that have been seen as authoritative on important doctrinal issues. Although they defined many things, I would like to take a focus on the Christology proposed at these councils and how it relates to theories of the atonement. Icons and Nicaea The seventh and final ecumenical…

Christology Throughout History — Throughout the history of the Church, there have been many important works that have developed doctrine. The list could be much longer, but here are four short recommendations from Church past. Each of these four thinkers devoted themselves to the Lord and thought deeply about what the Incarnation means. St. Athanasius — On the Incarnation of the Word of God St…

Temple, Priest, and Sacrifice — The Old Testament talks of the need for a temple, priests, and sacrifices. As Christians, we understand that Jesus came and stopped the need for all that, right? Not quite! The answer is a lot more complicated about that. …

Living the New Humanity as the body of Christ — A lot of us claim to be Christians, but what does that really mean? There is a lot more to being a Christian than just saying that you believe Jesus died on the cross for your sins. Faith is not just about believing the right things, but actually truly being…