John the Evangelist originally concluded his Gospel with chapter twenty. But sometime later, perhaps to affirm the leadership of Peter and to dispel a rumor about himself, John wrote and additional chapter -- a chapter that can be described as a lovely coda.
Eastertide 2023: A Lovely Coda
April 23, 2023 • Brian Zahnd
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Eastertide 2023: Jesus, the Church, the Bible, and Christianity
May 21, 2023 • Brian Zahnd
Though Jesus, the Church, the Bible, and Christianity are obviously related and interconnected in some essential ways, they are far from the same thing; and when we confuse the critical distinctions between these four realities, we run into serious theological problems that have real-life consequences.
Eastertide 2023: The Way Home
May 7, 2023 • Brian Zahnd
It seems as though we’re all born a long way from home. Perhaps it doesn’t feel this way in the innocence of childhood, but as we move into adulthood we begin to feel like strangers in a strange land, and we have to find where we belong, where we can be at home. We can feel like strangers within creation because we feel a certain estrangement from our Creator—God can seem distant, remote, unknowable, or to some, even nonexistent. This is part of the human experience; this is our predicament. But there is good news, and the good news is that Jesus is the way home.