How the Christ Defined the Christian — Conciliar Post
Jesus defined Christianity as dying-to-self with Him; theology distorts it as a list of beliefs, rejects His authority and weakens Christians.| Conciliar Post
Jesus defined Christianity as dying-to-self with Him; theology distorts it as a list of beliefs, rejects His authority and weakens Christians.| Conciliar Post
In what at least one person has referred to as, quote, “the best movie scene I’ve ever watched,” in this part of Avengers: Endgame, we see the Avengers assembling for their final battle. On its own, that would be cool enough. But this scene is especially poignant because many of those gathering having just been resurrected from the dead. Five years before this moment in the MCU, half of the universe was snapped from existence. The post Life After Life After Death appeared first on Con...| Conciliar Post
In this scene from The Good Place, the gang arrives at the Good Place and finds that it’s even better than they imagined it would be. Flying puppies, the energy you had when you were twelve, and the joy of meeting people you’ve always wanted to meet—I mean, who doesn’t want to end up in a place like that? But what’s the Good Place actually like? Is it like this? Or is it different somehow? The post The (Actual) Good Place appeared first on Conciliar Post.| Conciliar Post
At one point in The Good Place, Eleanor and the gang find themselves in the Medium Place. Now if we think of the Bad Place as more-or-less hell and the Good Place as more-or-less heaven, then the Medium Place is whatever lies in between. It’s neither good nor bad—it just kind of is, it just exists. And while in The Good Place the Medium Place is created for one, precisely down-the-middle person who deserved neither The post The Medium Place appeared first on Conciliar Post.| Conciliar Post
When I was in high school and trying to figure out the whole following Jesus thing, I encountered the guy in this video. He was a young, up-and-coming pastor at a church a couple hours north of us, a guy who asked the kind of questions that I was asking and gave answers that I was able to understand. He helped a lot of my friends think about what it meant to follow Jesus. And The post Does Love Win? appeared first on Conciliar Post.| Conciliar Post
A theme throughout C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series is the idea that Aslan (the analog for Jesus in the series) is “not a tame lion.” This phrase generally conveys that Aslan (and by extension God) is not what we might expect or even want. Mr. Beaver, when asked if Aslan is safe replies, “Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.” Lewis here captures what is sometimes called the terror The post He’s Not a Tame Lion appeared first on Conciliar...| Conciliar Post
