This week, more excerpts from Eugene Peterson’s Introductions in The Message, this time from the New Testament.
Psalm 100: The Ten Commandments of Joy
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before Him with joyful songs.
~Psalm 100:1-2
The Christian Holocaust: Why Your Children May Not Die in Bed
In the wake of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks on churches in Sri Lanka, my thoughts turned to the grim reality of Christian martyrdom in modern times.
Merry Easter?
This week, a reflection on Easter by Frederica Mathewes-Green:
Palm Sunday: The Seething Holy City of the Heart
Looking ahead to Palm Sunday, a poem and a meditation by the English poet Malcolm Guite.
Logos: The Mystery of the Word
I’ve always wondered about John’s use of the word Logos in the first verse of his gospel: “In the beginning was the Word [Logos], and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” What exactly does this mean? Of all the terms John could have used to refer to Jesus Christ, why call Him Logos?
God, God, God: Homage to Eugene Peterson
One of my favorite Christian writers, Eugene Peterson, passed away last October. I’ve been reading Eugene for years, ever since early books with such great titles as Run With the Horses or A Long Obedience in the Same Direction.
Nakedness in Marriage: Shaking Souls, Part 2
When Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden, the Lord installed cherubim and a flaming sword to guard the entrance, and He also “made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them” (Gen 3:21). That these two events coincided is not coincidental.
Nakedness in Marriage: One Flesh, Part 1
I can never make love to my wife without thinking what a crazy, preposterous, utterly unlikely thing is this business of sex. Who ever dreamed it up?
The Prerequisite for Love: The Ordinary Way (Part 8)
The religion of Christianity is full of extraordinary beliefs: that an invisible God created the entire universe; that this God became a man who lived and died on earth; that this dead man was resurrected to live forever; that we too, through belief in Him, gain eternal life, and can look forward to a heaven with no suffering, only joy and love; and so on.