Mar 12, 2015 | Author - Brad Jersak
BRIAN WEST – ALBUM: DON'T GIVE UP Brian West is a gifted worship leader and songwriter and has the ability to deliver the songs he's been given in a very down-to-earth way that is accessible to a lot of people. Brian powerfully displays the Father-heart...
Mar 9, 2015 | Author - Brad Jersak
St. Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) On the second Sunday of Great Lent, Orthodox believers commemorate St. Gregory Palamas. Gregory's thirst for God’s presence experienced in unceasing prayer ultimately led him to the revelation that “The Light of Christ...
Mar 7, 2015 | Author - Brad Jersak
Parable of the Ten Virgins Have you ever given time to ponder Jesus' parable of the ten virgins? It raises notoriously difficult questions about what Jesus meant, what the various symbols represent, and how the parable should be understood and applied. And we...
Mar 1, 2015 | Author - Brad Jersak
A God of love and genocide? For many Christians the problem of violence in Scripture can result in a crisis of faith–especially when we see how such passages have been used throughout history to justify horrific bloodshed in God's name. Moving beyond typical...
Feb 3, 2015 | Author - Brad Jersak
I am frequently asked why anyone (including Jesus, the apostles and countless martyrs throughout the ages) would bother sharing the gospel if there is no hell. Before we even go there, I would hasten to ask, "Who told you there's no hell?" Of course...
Feb 2, 2015 | Author - Brad Jersak
This excerpt is from Maximus the Confessor, Ad Thalassium 60: On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ (CCSG 22:73-81). It is a minor paraphrase (for readability only) of the translation by Paul Blowers and Robert Wilken (St. Vlad's Press, 2003)....
