The Hope of Christmas and Our Spiritual Formation
The hope of Christmas reveals God’s gracious work of spiritual formation, patiently transforming us into the likeness of Christ.
The hope of Christmas reveals God’s gracious work of spiritual formation, patiently transforming us into the likeness of Christ.
In his farewell discourse at the cusp of the cross, Jesus elevates three years of discipleship into a glorious embrace of pure friendship. This rings even more true now in the relationally impoverished reality of the 21st century.
For a people group who claim to have so much hope, followers of Jesus often struggle to live with hope in troubled times. We know the hope of the resurrection of Christ Jesus. We believe in this hope. But often we do not know how to appropriate our hope in and through difficult times, like the pandemic we have just been through. Quite often, what we lack is the endurance in our hope. Hope and endurance are two closely connected and yet distinct gospel values. We sometimes need to grow in our endurance in order to grow in our hope....
How can Christian discipleship in the digital age support the church in its mandate to make disciples and equip the next generation of Christian leaders?
Catechising may sound archaic, alien, and of little use today to most modern churchgoers. Yet this spiritual tool used for centuries to disciple believers is more relevant today than ever before.