Isaiah is shown a vision of the Lord enthroned in glory, and he responds with despair, being both unclean himself and of a people who are unclean. His is the despair of coming to see sin in the light of God's holiness. But his despair leads to...

Just as Israel once found herself awaiting Christ, we do the same. In the days of Isaiah, Israel had been compromised by injustice, indifference to the poor, and the glib presumption that surely God will not judge, as though they had made a secret...

This Sunday of Christ the King, we remember that Christ will surely come again. In the ending of Revelation Christ three times announces that his coming is soon. He comes to make all things right and to make all things new, which is to say that all...

This week we conclude our series on the Nicene Creed. The Creed ends where history will end: with the resurrection of the body and the life of the world to come. All in the Christian life is premised on hope. Christ is raised, and therefore no...

The authors of the creed include as one of the essentials of faith a belief in the meaning of baptism. For them, the sacraments were not simply helpful illustrations of Christian truth; they were essential to how the Church is for the world what she...

Included under the article of the Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed is the statement on the Church. This is because the Church is an accomplishment of the Spirit, the one who unites us, sanctifies us, is present in all the many rooms of the vast...

Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. We only know that because of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit takes the things that are Christ's and makes them known to us. The Spirit is the One Who opens our eyes and the light by which We...

We begin the third and final article of the Creed: the article on the Holy Spirit. It is the burden of the Creed to affirm that the Spirit is as much God as the Son and the Father, though he plays a different role in salvation. Throughout the...

The news of the Gospel is the news of a regime change: the kingdoms of earth give way to the kingdom of heaven. As we heard last week, Christ has been enthroned in heaven, and a change in the ruler inevitably means a lot of other things are about to...

Jesus' work is completed by his ascension into heaven where he is said to sit at the right hand of God, sharing his rule and authority. Christ reigns presently to superintend the ending of human history. The ascension to heaven is the moment he...