When we celebrate Epiphany as a season, we speak of the revelation of the glory of God in Jesus. When we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, the story turns more specific: we celebrate the salvation of God for the Gentiles. We read the story of the Magi who come to pay homage to the newly born king of the Jews, and of their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. While these gifts are a revelation of Jesus and the foreshadowing of the trifold nature of his life and ministry (king, and God, and sacrifice), they do not necessarily answer two questions: How are these two ideas connected? How does the salvation of the Gentiles reveal the glory of God?
Justin Welby marks last day as Archbishop of Canterbury after resignation over John Smyth scandal
Justin Welby's tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury ends at midnight on Monday two months after his resignation over safeguarding failures in the Church of England. Welby took up the post in 2013 but announced his resignation last November following the publication of the Makin Review which held him partly responsible for failures in the handling of the John Smyth case.
Why does the Church of England have two archbishops?
The Church of England has been much in the news in recent months. Among the many issues that have dominated the headlines has been the role and responsibilities of the Archbishop of Canterbury. This was Justin Welby until his recent resignation over safeguarding issues. As the established church in England prepares to replace him as its overall leader, the spotlight is falling on how the Church of England is structured and governed. And this raises some fascinating questions regarding how early medieval history lies behind the authority structure of the twenty-first century Church of England.
Does a lack of faith lead to suicide? One study says yes. Scholars of secularism say no.
A new study by a Christian scholar found higher rates of suicide and campus sexual assault in states where more nonbelievers live. But others who study secularism say correlation doesn't prove the case.
New Credo Magazine: 1700 Years after Nicaea
Without the doctrine of the Trinity we have no Christianity. So, something is fundamentally wrong when countless churchgoers and churches today never say the Nicene Creed together on a Sunday morning. In fact, some have never heard of the Nicene Creed at all. The year 2025 is the anniversary of the Nicene Creed, meaning this year is a strategic opportunity for pastors everywhere to put the creed back in the church where it belongs. In this new issue of Credo Magazine, we explain why the creed should not only inform the doctrine of the church but its worship, pervading its liturgy. No longer can the church afford to go without that creed which brings us into fellowship with the communion of the saints and summons us into communion with the holy Trinity.
Many Episcopalians and other Anglicans recite the Nicene Creed every Sunday but how many of them understand and believe what it affirms?Battered by Moses? Why We Still Need to Preach the Law
Even as believers, we need to hear the weight of God’s holy demands to see the gravity of our sin.
Never Too Busy to Pray
The Gospels offer only a few glimpses into the routines of Jesus’s life outside his normal ministry. They show him traveling often. They show him eating at many different tables. They sometimes show him resting. But perhaps above all, they show him praying.
Be the Kind of Person the World Needs
...there’s another goal that I would encourage us all to pursue. One that isn’t overtly quantifiable but matters now more than ever. A goal that feeds and fuels everything else we pursue. That goal? To be the kind of person the world needs.
The Remedy for Envy
If to envy means to wish we owned something another person now possesses and only that, few of us would be guilty. But that’s far too thin an interpretation of this obese transgression. Here then are several observations on envy, what I’m calling “the sneakiest” of the seven deadly sins.
Your Breath Stinks
Do you engage in corrupting talk? Do you speak to people in such a way that you deflate or discourage them, or even worse, that you insult or belittle them? Do you say things that may be factual but are unwise, or unnecessary, or unsuitable to the current context? In other words, when you speak to others, is it more like the smell of baking bread or the stench of rotting flesh? Does it satisfy people or revolt them, help them or hurt them, bless them or curse them?
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