Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now…

A theologian friend of mine sent me this: Why study Thomas Aquinas?  By almost everyone’s admission Aquinas was the most important philosopher for almost 2,000 years between Aristotle and Descartes.  But Peter Kreeft of Boston College has another answer:  ‘My personal answer is that I believe Aquinas was simply the wisest and most intelligent philosopher…

Merry Christmas in Chicago KSZ interviews RM-S about mD at OtM. Life of a church planter: Todd Hiestand. Life of a pastor: Jim Martin. Life of a poet: L.L. Barkat. Ted on Tony. LaVonne on wish lists. TSK on Shannon Hopkins. Dan Kimball on “organized religion.” Is organized religion unavoidable? Richard Mouw on formation. The…

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). Flesh and Glory — an odd combination — but that is what Christmas is. Christmas is the Impossible, the joining into…

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