Theology, Exegesis, and History
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Unity in Psalm 133: Israel’s and the Church’s?
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Psalm 133 (ESV)A Song of Ascents. Of David.Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the […]
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Unity and Eucharist: Part 2 – Summary
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Read the full article The Eucharist serves as both the expression and instrument of ecclesiastical unity, embodying the Church’s visible and tangible oneness while drawing believers into deeper communion with Christ and one another. Historically, many Protestant traditions have emphasized the personal […]
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Unity and Eucharist: Part 1 – Summary
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Read the full article The Church today resembles a fragmented body, divided and unable to visibly reflect Christ’s oneness. This disunity directly opposes Christ’s prayer in John 17, where He asked that His followers “be one” so the world would believe in […]
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Unity and Eucharist: Part 2
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Part I of this article Part II Summary Personal Reflection on the Eucharist As an evangelical, I experienced communion as an intensely personal and individual act—a sacred moment that symbolized Christ’s sacrifice for me, uniting me with him and, through him, with […]
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Unity and Eucharist: Part 1
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Part II of this article Part I Summary Imagine a body—broken, fragmented, its parts scattered across a vast landscape. Once whole, its pieces no longer move or live as one. This image captures the Church in its current state: fractured and divided, a […]
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Becoming Like John the Baptist
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When I say that Protestantism must step into the shoes of John the Baptist and peacefully dismantle from the inside, I do not mean some rushed and rash effort. I do not mean some bipolar action that runs against one’s central religious […]
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Ancient Edessan Wisdom: An Approach to Religious Confusion
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One of the first Arab Christian theologians lived in Edessa in the late eighth and early ninth century. His name was Theodore Abū Qurrah. It would seem his day was little different from our own. In his work called Theologus Autodidactus (which, […]
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New Approaches for Protestants: Humility, Fruits, and Patience
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Dear Protestant, if you have grasped the reorienting significance of John 17, and if you understand the stakes of failing to achieve unity, as Jesus outlines within it, here is what I would recommend you consider doing from the outset. Begin building […]
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To the Protestant Reader
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Dear Protestant Brother or Sister, You need to know something. You need to know why I care so much about deepening our unity towards what the creeds and early period meant by “catholic”. It is because there is so much more at […]
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Unity and Eucharist: Part II
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Revised and clarified version of this article Part I of this article In my experience as an evangelical, communion was an intensely personal, individual act that symbolized what Christ gave for me to unite me with him and, in the process, reunite […]