“Behold the days are coming,” declares the Lord GOD, “when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing of the words of the LORD.” — Amos 8:11 ESV The United States of America remains by far the world’s largest agricultural exporter, shipping $177 […]
Saints, advent is a season of groaning and gladness — gladness that Christ has come and groaning for Christ to come again. Advent is an in-between-time when we wait with desire for the Second coming, as we remember with delight the First. Christ has come; Christ will come again. Look at Isaiah 9, which perfectly […]
The idea of pursuing righteousness, of a fruit-producing faith, seems so far beyond our everyday lives in this sin-drenched world. It might seem impossible, and, as we know, impossible tasks cause one to lose hope. In his De Trinitate, a fourth-century treatise on the doctrine of the Trinity, Augustine mentions a principle that all teachers […]
The incarnation is “the central miracle asserted by Christians,” according to C. S. Lewis. “They say God became Man. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this.”[1] One of my favorite reflections on the wonder of the incarnation is an advent sermon by the great church father, Augustine. Man’s maker […]
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Have you ever considered what it was like to choose Judas to be an apostle? Judas, “who became a traitor” (Luke 6:16), was personally selected from among the disciples to be an apostle (Matt 10:1–4; Mark 3:13–19; Luke 6:13–16; John 6:71). “Of course,” you think, “Jesus chose Judas knowing full well he would betray him.” […]
Excerpted from “Approaching Anthropology: Considering an Age of AI” I’m a philosopher by academic training. I did my doctoral work in philosophy of logic. I teach logic almost every spring semester at Bethlehem College to second semester freshmen, and I teach logic the way that it has been taught for over two thousand years, primarily […]
“Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.” —2 Cor. 4:1 During this particular time of year, it’s easy to become disheartened. The beauties of fall are faded, and winter is on our doorstep in Minnesota. Maybe you’re remembering a loved one you lost this year who won’t be […]
Bethlehem College and Seminary has been and continues to be grounded in the local church. We do not simply encourage church membership and service with a general commitment to “the church” but have a rich history and ongoing partnership with two specific congregations that founded our school, host our academic programs, and share our commitments […]
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses […]