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The New Jerusalem
Episode 126
We are coming now toward the end of the book of Revelation, which means toward the end of the entire Biblical story. Writers will often draw the begi…
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The Imperialism of the Martyrs
Episode 125
The book of Revelation is an unveiling of a new state of affairs, the new things that are on offer in light of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Tho…
7 years, 2 months ago
Heavenly Praise
Episode 124
In today’s reading from Revelation, John is in the heavenly court and he sees angels, elders, and living creatures, countless in number, all standing…
7 years, 2 months ago
Apokalypsis
Episode 123
The Church has placed the book of Revelation at the end of the Bible, as the culmination of the entire Biblical narrative—precisely because it has re…
7 years, 2 months ago
Three Easter Lessons
Episode 122
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the foundation of the entire Christian faith. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, we should all go home an…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Master Has Need of You
Episode 121
In our Gospel reading for the Palm Sunday procession, Jesus sends his disciples into Jerusalem to prepare for his triumphal entry. They are told to u…
7 years, 2 months ago
Misery and Mercy
Episode 120
In this week's Gospel, we hear the story of the woman caught in adultery, a tale that has beguiled Christians and non-Christians for two millennia. T…
7 years, 3 months ago
Theonomy
Episode 119
One the greatest Protestant theologians of the twentieth century, Paul Tillich, made a distinction between heteronomy (law from another), autonomy (l…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Glorified Body
Episode 117
The readings for this second Sunday of Lent awaken a sense of wonder, of a world beyond ours, a mystical consciousness. In the first reading with Abr…
7 years, 3 months ago