Category: New Testament
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John 1:1-2 (Part One)
(Note: I am here beginning an attempt to provide something of a commentary on St. John’s Gospel. I intend to post excerpts here as I finish them, but I most certainly will go back and edit my thoughts as I go. So consider this a rough draft of a skeletal outline for perhaps a larger…
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Work as Christian Service
Our current economic situation is one of ceaseless disorientation. Workers are separated not only from the means of production but also from the immediate fruits of production. Whereas past generations received tactile wages, such as a farmer and his crop, we are now at the point where even the once-tangible paycheck has been absorbed…
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St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Paul on the Faith of Abraham
St. Paul’s use of Abraham as the paradigm for Christian faith forever stamped the narrative of this patriarch upon the Church’s imagination. No Christian conception of faithfulness to God can ultimately escape meditation upon “the father of all who believe,” as Paul calls him in Romans (Rom 4:11). Indeed, St. Paul’s discussion in Romans…
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The Raising of Lazarus
Jesus’ trip to Bethany is a journey into the belly of death so that he might release death’s captive and bring him into life. This captive is Lazarus, who has fallen ill (John 11:3). Jesus knows that he will not recover from this illness. “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,” he says to his…
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Reflections on Hebrews 2:10-18
The Incarnation of Jesus Christ stands at the center of Christian revelation, and therefore at the center of all reality. That the eternal God would partake of “flesh and blood” is an incomprehensible mystery (2:14). What is more, the Incarnation reveals not only God as human but also God as Triune. It is only…
Jackson Shepard 