The Sacramental World

The Sacramental World

We live in a sacramental world. St. Augustine defined a sacrament as “a visible sign of an invisible grace.” In other words, it is an outward sign...

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The Legacy of John Witherspoon

The Legacy of John Witherspoon

The month of November marks the death of John Witherspoon, one of the most important and most underrated of the American founding fathers. Born in...

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A Brief Introduction to Fasting

A Brief Introduction to Fasting

Fasting is a spiritual discipline that was practiced by Jesus and early Christians and that today is practiced in many places around the world today...

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Death at Christmas

Hope in the Face of Darkness Back in 2012, a friend of mine who was a pastor in Hartford, Connecticut, asked me to preach at his church. I was...

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Does Christmas Have Pagan Roots?

Every year at Christmas time we hear arguments that our Christmas celebrations are little more than warmed over paganism. We hear that the date was...

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Church as Institution

This video discusses the dual nature of the church as both the Body of Christ and an institution and incubator of...

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