The final Sunday of the church year is the Feast of Christ the King. Pope Pius XI established the feast in 1925, seeking to counter the rise of secularism and atheism by reasserting the sovereignty of Christ. Though the named feast is a 20th-century innovation, the theme of Christ’s kingship is central to scripture and…
We Believe: He is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father
Each week, churches around the globe confess their ancient faith, faith once delivered, passed down through saints, martyrs, reformers, and weary sinners who clung to it in the dark. The Nicene Creed is both the most universally accepted statement of Christian doctrine and the most comprehensive summary of it. A key phrase, often uttered without…
We Believe: And His Kingdom Will Have No End
Old Testament Context This line from the Nicene Creed, “and his kingdom will have no end,” is a simple case of Old Testament continuity and fulfillment. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it…
Politics, Perspective, and the People of God
The church’s duty is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, his reign, and the coming of his Kingdom. Its primary role is not the advancement of an earthly political agenda.
Political Violence and a Crucified Lord
How should Christians react to a rise in political violence? Anger is justified, but sin is not. Instead, we look to our crucified Lord, whose conviction was political violence, whose crucifixion was political violence, who himself grieved political violence, but whose resurrection triumphed over political violence. As Christians, we proclaim the superior hope of repentance…
It is Better – Gospel Reading for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 9:38-48
Notes on the Lectionary with Deacon Lincoln Anderson. Visit the series page at AnglicanCompass.com/NotesOnTheLectionary “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it…
