Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! When we learn about Sabbath, most of us are taught that it is one day out of the week. We learn about the restrictions and the motivations; perhaps mostly that we keep it as one of the Ten Commandments. In the Hebrew Scriptures, Sabbath is offered as something …
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Trinity Sunday
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! The doctrine of the trinity isn’t complicated. God is one. God is three persons; most commonly known as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It isn’t complicated, but it defies our expectations for nature. Most of us find this unsettling, if not confusing. Because …
The Advocate
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! In John’s gospel, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as “the Advocate;” a word with legal implications, just like the word witness. This isn’t an accident. But I don’t think we need to go so far as to see it in litigious terms, but in terms of social …
