“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be…
Well it just so happens that in today’s assigned reading, we see that over 2000 years ago, the Apostle Paul was also an Olympics watcher. We don’t know if Paul thought the Olympics a relatively good or bad thing. Paul did not spend much time talking about the relative good or evil of things in…
There are several challenging passages in the Bible where we learn what God hates. These are hard to square for all of us who know and pray to a loving God. How could God who Himself is love-hate-which seems love’s very opposite? Well just as bright light casts a shadow, so is love accompanied by…
This power of the cross, Paul tells us in today’s reading, is a giant plot twist that we do not expect, turning everything upside down. To those who put their hopes in human heroes, the power of the cross seems foolish and weak. But ‘God’s weakness is stronger than human strength,’ says Paul. By the…
We are a mystery to ourselves. Neither science nor Google can deal with mysteries, but praise God, the Armenian Church does. The Armenian Church says that you are a mystery to yourself, so stop trying to grasp yourself from other things, people, even God. Instead, start trying to give yourself away to other things, people…