In Matthew 5:48 Jesus says “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect”, or at least according to the New International Version of the Bible that’s what he said. It sounds pretty clear, right? It’s a simple command or exhortation. And to… Read More »“Be Perfect…”
I’m pleased to announce a programme of Study Days for the latter part of 2024 on the theme of Early Egyptian Christianity. In Roman times Alexandria was a cultural and intellectual hotspot, in second place to Rome itself (until usurped… Read More »OrdinaryTheology.com Programme for September – December 2024
Musing with psychotherapist, philosopher & writer Mark Vernon on the iconography of the Nativity, assisted by some of the early Eastern Fathers of the Church: The humanification of God enables the deification of humanity. Salvation understood as recapitulation rather than… Read More »On the Incarnation – A Conversation with Mark Vernon
An Advent reflection on new life. Images and movie by OrdinaryTheology.com Soundtrack “What Is the Crying At Jordan” © 2012 The Miserable Offenders: Deborah Griffin Bly & Ana Hernandez.
Recently, and for the first time in decades, I picked up a pencil and started to draw. To my great surprise I found that the result actually looked like the thing I was trying to draw! Encouraged, I signed up for a… Read More »The Mundane Life of Abraham
