That the Church would be one: why we desperately need each other

The trouble is we’re all wrong while we’re also all right. Jesus is quoted as saying in John 17:20-23 (NIV), regarding those who would be His disciples based on the message the apostles delivered: I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as […]

The future of the Church

It’s no secret that the Church is a mess. It has been from the beginning. The New Testament is largely composed of letters Paul wrote to churches addressing several problems they were experiencing. Anyone who has been a member of an organization knows they are difficult to maintain: people disagree with each other often. There’s […]

Sex and what it means to be human

You don’t have to venture far to move from St. Augustine’s views on sex to his understanding of human nature. Both are tied into how he perceives the Fall, and there are problems in his thought that drastically impacted Christianity hundreds of years later. As helpful as Augustine’s questions and observations are regarding sex, they […]