May 7, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Artwork by Lucie Beardwood This morning I was reading Scripture. From the Old Testament I was reading Numbers and in the New Testament I was reading John. In Numbers chapter 15 we find this story… An Israelite guy was gathering sticks...
Apr 26, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Ten years later it’s time to tell some of my story… I was halfway to ninety, midway through life, and I’d reached a full-blown crisis. Call it a garden variety mid-life crisis if you want, but it was something more than that. You might say it was a theological crisis,...
Apr 17, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
How Does “Dying For Our Sins” Work?Brian Zahnd When we say “Jesus died for our sins,” what does that mean? It’s undeniably an essential confession of Christian faith, but how does it work? This much I’m sure of, it’s not reducible to just one thing. I’ve just finished...
Apr 8, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Sympathy for the Devil…or PilateBrian Zahnd Please allow me to introduce myselfI’m a man of wealth and tasteI’ve been around for a long, long yearStole many a man’s soul and faithAnd I was ‘round when Jesus ChristHad his moment of doubt and painMade damn sure that...
Mar 4, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
The Crucified GodBrian Zahnd “When the crucified Jesus is called ‘the image of the invisible God,’the meaning is that this is God and God is like this.”–Jürgen Moltmann, The Crucified God “Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly...
Jan 2, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
To begin with a few axiomatic thoughts on Christ and the Bible… The Bible is the word of God that bears witness to the Word of God — Jesus Christ. The Logos-Word became flesh — not a book. Jesus is God. The Bible is not. The Bible did not create the Heavens and Earth...
