I keep track of Advent without specifically following it. I think it’s helpful to acknowledge what the majority of Christians have been doing throughout the centuries and do throughout the world today, while affirming our non-conformist ways. One of my colleagues was throwing a bit of shade about the situation the other night, and wanted …
Writing on 1 Peter, Fleming Rutledge identifies the theme of the letter as “the church among the nations as the people of the crucified, risen, and reigning Christ.” The first epistle of Peter is a letter from a God’s—eye view, and the view it gives is of the church. We can never say it often …
Fleming Rutledge reflects on Christian life as a time of waiting, doubt, and preparation. In the last week of his life, Jesus went to the temple every day to teach. He was engaged in a fight to the death, literally, with the religious leaders. This whole section of the Gospel of Matthew is always read …
Fleming Rutledge on the value of considering the incarnation of Jesus after considering the second coming: Does Advent run backwards? The movement is from the second coming to the first coming; it doesn’t seem to make sense. The season begins with the last things and ends with the nativity in Bethlehem. Shouldn’t it be the …
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