Voices
John W. Martens is a professor of theology and director of the Centre for Christian Engagement at St. Mark’s College at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
The Word
Sexual abuse has scattered the flock. Those responsible must not be allowed to guard the sheep.
The Good Word
This is the nineteenth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This entry begins Stephen rsquo s speech before the council For previous entries please now go to the Complete Acts of the Apostle Commentary where you can find links to each of the entries updated aft
The Word
God is for us and for life God after all ldquo did not make death and he does not delight in the death of the living rdquo Death is our enemy and God has joined with us to battle against it The Gospel of Mark invites us to see how God is fighting for us through the stories of a Jewish woman
The Word
If you want to be transformed by the Messiah the first step is to recognize the Messiah in your midst This means being ready to encounter the Son of God wherever you are and whatever time it is This means inclining not just your ear for God rsquo s voice but your heart for God rsquo s presence D
The Word
The first sign that the kingdom of God is not what you expect comes not so much in Jesus rsquo use of parables to describe it but in the content of those parables Why describe a kingdom by comparing it to the most ordinary of things like shrubs seeds and nesting birds It is a sign that God is n
The Word
Even before Darwin scientists were studying the origin of species and though some might think there is a perpetual and permanent war between science and religion it is simply not the case St John Paul II asked in a letter to George V Coyne S J director of the Vatican Observatory ldquo If
The Good Word
This is the eighteenth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This post examines Stephen rsquo s preaching and the plot to arrest him and bring him before the council Stephen is one of the seven who has just been appointed to serve the practical needs of the Helle
The Word
God chose the Israelites to be his people his nation his children And so they are his children a family established through the covenant God ratified with Abraham At the heart of the covenant was the understanding that Israel ldquo would acknowledge that the Lord is God rdquo and that they wo
The Word
Sometimes I find myself in a line-up with a bunch of strangers shuffling down the aisle in church and I forget that I am standing with my family on the pathway to heaven about to partake of the body and blood of Christ offered once for all time for the salvation of the world Perhaps you have walk
The Word
The Greek word pneuma can be translated ldquo wind breath or spirit rdquo So when the sound at the door is ldquo like the rush of a violent wind rdquo you should answer and you had better be prepared to have your world turned upside down Or right-side up Because according to the Acts of th