Tag: philippians 1

  • The Courageous Death of Christian People

    The Courageous Death of Christian People

    You can face death with confidence only when this life has become less valuable than the next; when your love and longing for Christ is greater than for the temporary trappings of this world. When that happens, death becomes desirable rather than despised. You may say with the Apostle Paul, “My desire is to depart…

  • Right Doctrine and the Function of Denominations

    Right Doctrine and the Function of Denominations

    There is a place, then, for faithful denominations to emphasize and debate their differences. Those differences matter. We should be equally vocal, however, about what we call the “catholicity” of the church. In the Apostles’ Creed, we confess, “I believe in the holy catholic church.” Catholic, in this sense, means universal. There is one and…