"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
I’ve referenced this podcast quite a few times recently in online discussions, so I thought it deserved a post. In the following article from Called To Communion, there is a thirty minute lecture on what we know about Christian worship in the First Century:
“You can get a large audience together for a strip-tease act—that is, to watch a girl undress on the stage.
Now suppose you come to a country where you could fill a theatre by simply bringing a covered plate on to the stage and then slowly lifting the cover so as to let every one see, just before the lights went out, that it contained a mutton chop or a bit of bacon, would you not think that in that country something had gone wrong with the appetite for food?”
– CS Lewis, Mere Christianity (Book III)
In the Early Church, Christians shunned the gladiatorial games. What about today? The Classical Theist has a thirty-minute podcast addressing the question: should Christians be involved in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)?
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to my sparing lesson 🙂
I just wanted to share in a post a great resource I stumbled across last week. On the Ignatius Press website I found that they have Bible study questions for most of the New Testament books. You can download a zipped collection of them here. This is ideal for people out there leading Bible study.
This week’s music offering comes courtesy of the Carmelites….
Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.
This month in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving, so I thought it was a good time to do a post where I celebrate the top five things Americans say (or don’t say) which make me me raise my eyebrows, tut slightly and set about making myself a comforting a cup of tea 🙂
