responding to persecution
St. Ignatius and ISIS
Pray continually for the rest of humankind as well, that they may find God, for there is in them hope for repentance. Therefore allow them to be instructed by you, at least by your deeds. In response to their anger, be gentle; in response to their boasts, be humble; in response to their slander, offer prayers; in response to their . . .
"your sins are forgiven"
on the blessing of absolution
The most comforting words of the entire Gospel come on the lips of Jesus to the paralytic man in the beginning of Matthew 9:
Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven.
When we hear these words, we must hear them as though Christ himself has spoken them individually to us. As Bishop Laache reminds us, it is because . . .
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on worry and faith
For two of the last three Sundays, I have spent time on the subjects of worry and faith--once in the lectionary readings for chapel services and once by request to our youth Sunday School class. The text from the lectionary is Jesus' very familiar teaching from St. Matthew:
“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either . . .
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Review of God’s Word Translation — the New Testament (Part 3)
28 March 2019 Update: Since publishing this initial post, I have since revisited and changed some of my opinions on how God's Word translators chose to render traditional theological terms. On the translation of "justification" see here...and on the translation of "grace" see here.
In this third post . . .
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Review of God’s Word Translation–the Old Testament (Part 2)
In this second post in a multi-part review of God’s Word Translation (GW), we will take a look at the Old Testament as translated in GW. If you are not familiar with GW, please read my first post on the history and philosophy behind GW.
Text Formatting
As far as I know, the text layout in all editions of GW is . . .
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