By Christopher Yoder
I wish to say a word or two in favor of the practice of giving one’s “testimony.” That is, narrating for others how God has been at work in one’s life. It is, of course, a practice commo... Read More...
Sacramental Ecclesiology in Book I of Saint Augustine’s De Doctrina Christiana
Every year The Living Church's student essay contest draws several excellent submissions. The first-place essay will be published ... Read More...
By Edward L. Smither
In St. Augustine’s magisterial work, The City of God, he sought to make sense of the believer’s sojourn in a fallen world by presenting a paradigm of two cities: an “earthly” city made up of those who live “after the flesh,” and a “heav... Read More...
By Matt Boulter
Is it just me, or are we currently living through a chapter of human history which is unprecedentedly spooky? Unrelenting forest fires in California and Oregon, the melting of polar icecaps i... Read More...
By Jonathan Jameson
I’ve spent a large portion of the last eighteen years of my life traveling from town to town and playing songs to groups of people gathered in dimly-lit clubs. Somewhere along the way I b... Read More...
Part of a series on the Ten Commandments.
By Stewart Clem
The Bible does not condone lying.
Or does it?
On the one hand, when lying is considered in the abstract, the biblical authors are unequivocal: “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord” (Pr... Read More...
By Tyler Been
Every Sunday, by their recitation of the Nicene Creed, Anglicans confess belief in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In many ways, the creed is an apophatic statement. It provides the boundarie... Read More...