You and I both know the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Forgiveness is a unilateral act that we must repeat, according to Jesus, “seventy times seven,” precisely because we have been forgiven of our sins by God in Christ on the cross, and precisely because it is a hallmark of following Jesus. We forgive whether or … Read More
This week’s Anglican Perspective focuses on Article 6 of the 39 Articles of Religion. Anglican Perspective is a weekly 2-minute teaching video from the American Anglican Council.
Growing up in England and attending evangelical churches and student Christian unions, I learned that ‘witness’ and ‘friendship evangelism’ were more or less interchangeable. We were encouraged to share our testimony: we have a relationship with God through Jesus Christ which we can describe in terms of the benefits in the present; we can tell … Read More
It was October of 1956 in Germany and already bitterly cold. My whole family gathered in the kitchen of the large stucco house to listen to the radio. The commentator was broadcasting from Budapest in English, but with an accent. The Hungarian Revolution was just hours old and the Soviet Union had responded with an … Read More
“For we know that our old self was crucified with him [Christ] so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin because anyone who has died has been freed from sin… Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you … Read More
