Questions are really terrific. Jason Isbell once described them as “directions to the Truth”. It’s no surprise, therefore, that our understanding of theology is helped along by the ever-useful Catechism. Catechisms use the form of questions (and subsequent answers) to teach theological doctrines. Perhaps the most well-known of catechism questions comes from the Westminster Shorter …
We, as humans, are all in a desperate search for the meaning of life. We seek for significance with the same intensity that we search for lost car keys and for the same reason: we can’t go anywhere without it. Recently, I’ve been thinking about life and what the essence of life is. We have …
In recent years, artists, musicians and filmmakers who follow Jesus have moved away from the phrase “Christian artist”. The reason seems clear enough. The label of “Christian artist” brings with it a perceived shallowness and mediocrity. This is perhaps nowhere more striking than in the medium of film. Christian films are notoriously mediocre and half-baked. …
We’ve all heard it over and over again. But like many familiar passages we begin to unconsciously ignore it because we feel that we know it already. It’s John 14:6, which reads: “I am the Way, and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Many arguments against universalism …
