Category: History
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Christ Pictured as a Pelican?
I’m not sure how many times in the past I might have walked past a stain glass window or church carving that featured a pelican without knowing about the symbolism. But a few years ago, one of the pastors at our church brought up the fact that Christ was compared to a loving pelican. The…
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Summer, 27 CE: The Transfiguration
Matthew 17: 1-3 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses…
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The Incarnate Word
In the beginning was the Word. And the word was with God, and the Word was God. The threefold nature of God is difficult to comprehend. Jesus prayed to his Father in Heaven in Gethsemane and yet, at the same time, they are One.
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Celebrate with Me!
Please observe the 2000th anniversary of Christ’s earthly ministry with me! The celebrations begins in January, 2027 with the anniversary of his baptism and concludes in April, 2030 with his crucifixion and resurrection. For now, I’ll be reflecting on certain aspects of the Incarnation. How can it be that the Father’s only begotten Son, through…
Kris J. Nitz 