TOPIC INDEXSacraments (12)

  1. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 4: Resurrection Mysteries

    book
    08/07/23
    23 mins
    By John Bombaro
    God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.

  2. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 3: New Possibilities of Epistemology and Ontology

    book
    07/24/23
    24 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Only the resurrection of Jesus guarantees and facilitates divine presence and love to us as divine life for us.

  3. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People

    book
    07/10/23
    18 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.

  4. Pastoral Presence Makes All the Difference

    book
    06/28/23
    13 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Christ Jesus brings his word and presence to where you are and he is even willing to do so through the likes of your personally present pastor.

  5. Maundy Thursday: Your Big Night

    book
    04/06/23
    18 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.

  6. Why the Church Is Theologically Conservative

    book
    03/10/23
    14 mins
    By John Bombaro
    We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.

  7. Forging a Sacramental Culture

    book
    10/01/22
    27 mins
    By John Bombaro
    By making a big deal of every baptism, of every confirmation, of every rite of matrimony, the Church takes a stand against the intrusion of consumerism, secularism, identity politics, subversive subcultures, gender dysphoria, and the like.

  8. When Sermon Meets Sacrament

    book
    01/08/22
    19 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Christ is present in the pure preaching of the gospel. And if Christ is present, then we have entered into the domain of the sacraments.

  9. What Is the Purpose of the Church?

    book
    07/24/21
    13 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Ascertaining the what and how of the Church greatly factor into the very purpose of the Church, that is, they essentially answer the question why the Church?

  10. Preaching as Divine Self-Testimony

    book
    04/11/21
    14 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Preaching is the vehicle of salvation because God engages in self-giving through the heralding of His Word.

  11. When Preachers Fall Silent: Pandemic and Missed Opportunities

    book
    05/24/20
    19 mins
    By John Bombaro
    It is through the locatedness of the Church that one anchors faith in Christ and the sure hope we are not alone, and God is for us and with us through Jesus.

  12. The Ascension is No Ugly Stepsister

    book
    05/21/20
    14 mins
    By John Bombaro
    In the middle of the spring, on a run-of-the-mill Thursday, the ascension interrupts the mundane to herald the extraordinary: Christ is in charge and is present on earth as he is in heaven, guiding history for the sake of his church.