New Posts

Michie · Jun 11, 2026

The Catholic mother of nine and Fox News host explains to the Register why true patriotism begins in the domestic church.

In a fast-paced media landscape where the news cycle never stops and the digital sphere threatens to dissolve the boundaries of daily life, Rachel Campos-Duffy is advocating for a radical return to the rhythms of family, tradition, and faith.

The Fox & Friends Weekend host, author, and mother of nine is out now with a new book, American Patriotism, which celebrates the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, as well as America’s greatness, through a collection of deeply personal essays from various public voices and those closest to her, including her daughter, Evita, and her husband, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.

In a touching story comically told, the transportation secretary shares what it was like being the 10th of 11 siblings, and a memory of a road trip to the Grand Canyon he took with his brothers, sisters, and one brave mother.

Shuffling out of a car crammed with kids in the pre-internet era, Sean's mother was unaware of how dreadfully long the hike down into the canyon is, and they all were sweating, starving and panting by the time they arrived.

Continued below.

Rachel Campos Duffy: An American Love Story Built on Faith and Family

The Catholic mother of nine and Fox News host explains to the Register why true patriotism begins in the domestic church.

www.ncregister.com

johnnypapa · Jun 11, 2026

Morning Prayers

Morning Prayers | Traditional Catholic Prayers

A selection of traditional Catholic prayers for the morning, widely recited in the pre-conciliar Church, rendering adoration of the Divine Majesty, thanksgiving for His protection during the night, and consecration of the day to God's service.

traditionalcatholicprayers.com

Divinum Officium (EF)

Divinum Officium

Divine Office

www.divinumofficium.com

The Morning Offering (OF)

Morning Offering for June 11, 2026

www.morningoffering.com

Daily Quote..."Without grace there is no hope, but with it there is no shortage." - St. Barnabas

Thursday the Octave of Corpus Christi commentary (Gueranger)(EF)

Thursday the Octave of Corpus Christi

Let us adore Christ, the King, who ruleth the nations: who giveth fatness of spirit to them that eat him. The bright Octave, consecrated to the glory of the Blessed Sacrament, closes today; and alt…

pseudoclasm.wordpress.com

Octave Day of Corpus Christi Patristic readings (EF)

Octave Day of Corpus Christi

From Pope St. Cyril of Alexandria and St. Cyril of Jerusalem.

onepeterfive.com

Saint Barnabas propers & commentary (EF)

Saint Barnabas

Commentaries and propers for the Feast of Saint Barnabas

sermonry.com

Memorial of Saint Barnabas, Apostle readings & commentary (OF)

Humiliation Fosters Humility

June 11, 2026 - Memorial of Saint Barnabas, Apostle - Catholic Daily Reflections from My Catholic Life!

catholic-daily-reflections.com

Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle readings & commentary (OF)
Other Commemorations: St. John of San Facundo, Priest (RM)

Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle - June 11, 2026 - Liturgical Calendar

Today is the Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle, who was designated by the Holy Spirit to share the charge and mission of the twelve Apostles, is venerated by the Church as one of them. He played an important part in the first extension of Christianity outside the Jewish world. It was Barnabas who

www.catholicculture.org

Daily Gospel

The Sacred Heart of Jesus – Short Meditations for June. June 11 — The Dignity of the Sacred Heart

June 11 — The Dignity of the Sacred Heart.

The Dignity of the Sacred Heart. 1. The Sacred Heart of Jesus, though it is a true human heart, yet it is not the heart of any human person. His human nature subsists in His Divine personality. Hence His Sacred Heart has the dignity which belongs, in virtue of His Divine nature, to the Second...

bellarmineforum.org

Saint Barnabas Apostle

Saint Barnabas, Apostle

Lives of the Saints for every day - Saint Barnabas, Apostle

sanctoral.com

St. Barnabas

St. Barnabas - Catholic Exchange

Saint Barnabas gave freely, backed Paul’s mission, and strengthened the Church through courage, trust, and uplifting faith.

catholicexchange.com

Pope Benedict and Saint Barnabas

Pope Benedict and Saint Barnabas - Catholic Insight

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 31 January 2007 Barnabas, Silas (also called Silvanus), and Apollos Dear Brothers and Sisters, Continuing our journey among the protagonists who were the first to spread Christianity, today let us turn our attention to some of St Paul's other...

catholicinsight.com

Saints of the Day

CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » 11 June

Sermons for Everyday Living - St Barnabas 6/11/26

St Barnabas - 6/11/26 | Sermons For Everyday Living

June 11th, 2026: The First Christians & St Barnabas; St Barnabas the Apostle; St Barnabas & His Apostolic Mission; The Sacred Heart - Piety & Devotion Conquer Heresy; St Barnabas, Apostle

catholicsermons.podbean.com

Audio version of Gueranger (EF)
Login to view embedded media

linux.poet · Jun 11, 2026

MOD HAT ON

This thread has been moved from Deeper Fellowship to Bibliology and Hermeneutics.

MOD HAT OFF

Michie · Jun 11, 2026

The question of what to do with our Christian inheritance—what we call “ cultural Christianity ”—has become unavoidable. Cultural Christians wish to preserve the cultural, political, and intellectual traditions and institutions Christendom left behind, and for good reason; modern democracy, intellectual honesty, and the pursuit of truth are fruits of Christianity, and their erosion has had dire consequences across politics, academia, and journalism. But while cultural Christianity can prove valuable as a conservative force that resists thoughtless reforms, when divorced from the Church’s core mission of salvation and conversion, it ultimately proves not only insufficient but even self-destructive.

In the public square, pro-Christian voices can be deeply valuable, and many cultural Christians have good intentions. Some, however, become attached to a nostalgic ideal that has little bearing on reality. In parish life, it’s been my experience that such individuals can be hard to handle: They show up with strange expectations or demands. To be fair—at least they show up; they choose to participate, more or less, in their Christian communities rather than walk away. But they often do so on their own terms and forget to anchor their zeal to the mission of the Church; fearing annihilation, an instinct to survive takes over, and they want to keep up culture and institutions, not to say appearances, even at the cost of giving up substantial parts of the faith.

Here lies a real danger for those committed to “evangelizing the culture.” How does the Church reach out to actual people? Are we evangelizing “the culture” because it is less messy than dealing with individuals and families? Culture, whatever its influence, is an epiphenomenon. God created and redeemed human beings, not human culture.

Continued below.

Article from firstthings.com

Read this article from firstthings.com with Smry

smry.ai

Michie · Jun 11, 2026

Catholic Church Teaching on Homosexuality

It is part of our natural makeup to desire sexual gratification. Mankind was created with sexual desires, and it is consistent with God’s plan for us to engage...

www.catholic.com

RocksInMyHead · Jun 11, 2026

camille70 said:
I don't know if this is part of the issue or not.

Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can’t be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered

Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can't be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered

A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail.

apnews.com

I don't think that ruling applies - they're not suing for non-delivery of mail, but rather because they argue that the policy is unconstitutional.

The Liturgist · Jun 11, 2026

Lukaris said:
It sounds like some sort of delusion of self justification which he fails to realize. A Christian should realize that we are supposed to love God & neighbor & live by the golden rule but we can’t. This doesn’t negate the commandments as being necessary for faith; we need the Lord Jesus Christ to trust in living by faith ( Romans 3:21-26). I believe Paul tells us this in Romans 3 & sums it all up in Romans 3:31.

Amen to that.

The Liturgist · Jun 11, 2026

Deegie said:
I 100% agree with that sentiment! The only downside is minimizing the linkage between crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and Paraclete. Like these things all had to happen in this order for the plan of salvation to be accomplished.

Shane R said:
I've always thought of and treated Pentecost as its own season. The RCL begins counting the Sundays of Ordinary Time from Pentecost. The liturgical color shifts to red. The focus is the Spirit for a week.

I see Deegie's point more in the one year lectionary, where the summer and autumn Sundays are counted from Trinity rather than Pentecost. Even there, Pentecost gets red in modern times.

I'm not scheduled anywhere for Pentecost this year, which is a shame because it's one of my favorite Sundays to preach.

I actually really like both approaches. The approach @Deegie mentions is very Byzantine actually - the book covering the hymns in the Byzantine Rite from Easter Sunday to All Saints Day (the Sunday after Pentecost) and usually a few Sundays past that point is called the Pentecostarion (it is also sometimes called the Flowery Triodion but this is a misnomer as it does not contain any hymns of the kind called a “triode” unlike the Triodion, which is the service book used from Septuagesima through Holy Saturday (Easter Even).

The approach mentioned by @Shane R on the other hand strikes me as more Western and also Syriac. Historically in several churches starting in the 1920s the first half of the period from Pentecost until Advent was called “the season of Pentecost” and the second half, the following season was called “Kingdomtide,” with red vestments worn during the former and green during the latter.

Now in the Byzantine Rite it might surprise some of you to know that green vestments are used on Pentecost and just as the Nativity and Baptism of our Lord are celebrated together in the Armenian liturgy, in the Byzantine liturgy Pentecost is also Trinity Sunday. And indeed this year due to Julian/Gregorian calendar, it fell on Western Trinitarian Sunday. The churches are also decorated with greenery everywhere, which is also something the Jews do on the feast of Pentecost. The greenery is regarded as symbolizing new life and the tongues of fire descending on the Apostles.

The West Syriac Rite (which is used by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, a member of the Anglican communion, and by the Malankara Independent Syrian Church, a Syriac Orthodox jurisdiction in full communion with the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, which is fascinating because the latter is otherwise completely Oriental Orthodox) also uses greenery on this feast and indeed during the three kneeling prayers (a common feature of Eastern liturgies on Pentecost) the presbyter will take soaked palm fronds, which have been soaked to within an inch of their life, and recreationally splash the congregation with them. I say recreationally because this is not the sprinlking of the asperges but something that is intentionally enjoyed by the people, a deliberate and intense splashing, with the presbyter going after his friends with particular vigor. I was delighted when I saw this in person for the first time in 2013.

It is then followed after church with the delightful tradition of Christians from the Levant throwing water on each other. And everyone does it, so the entire congregation is reduced to what amounts to a water fight like kids in a pool (or wielding water balloons or Super Soakers) in celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit. This is particularly a delight in places where it is quite hot, such as the Middle East and the Southwestern US. I would imagine that among the Syriac Christians living down under a bit more restraint is used at this service particularly in those places where it gets chilly, such as the Alps of Southern New Zealand.

Now despite all of what I have described, the atmosphere during the church service itself is still reverent, oddly enough. I have no idea how that works but it does. But afterwards with the active splashing and throwing water on people it definitely is not reverent. But there’s a certain apostolic joy in it.

That said its probably one of those cultural customs that is very rite-specific and should not be foisted upon the unexpecting; most Anglicans I’ve met would be at least somewhat displeased if a fellow church-goer were to creep up behind them and without warning splash them with water on the feast of Whitsunday!

The Liturgist · Jun 11, 2026

Apparently according to that site Lancelot Andrewes for me, with my wider constellation including:

William Laud
1573–1645 · England 65% resonance
Caroline Archbishop · the Beauty of Holiness.
Thomas Cranmer
1489–1556 · Tudor England 65% resonance
English Reformation · Architect of the Book of Common Prayer.
George Herbert
1593–1633 · England 52% resonance
Caroline · Poet-Priest.
John Keble
1792–1866 · England 51% resonance
The Oxford Movement.

Regarding this the only surprising answer for me was Cranmer. I suspect it was because I answered several of the questions in a manner that could be called liturgical.

Thank you for sharing this interesting examination with us @Paidiske !

Michie · Jun 11, 2026

Cabinets as well. Lol! I got one!

The Liturgist · Jun 11, 2026

Hentenza said:
I’ve had good relationships with MJs here except for one that continually tries to debate me quite forcefully. Back when I was an advisor in this website (from 2008 to 2015) I had a fellow advisor that was MJ and she was one of the most loving and Christian people that I’ve ever met. I still think about her and pray for her every now and then. This website was extremely busy back then and required constant maintenance and tweaking so we used to have voice conferences by phone. We had staff from just about every very denomination including SDAs, Catholic, EO, Lutheran, etc. and never questioned or debated each other denominational preferences but encouraged one another instead. Ask @MarkRohfrietsch, he was part of this group. You would have loved it.

Yes, Mark has told me about that era. It sounds like it was a good and interesting era. It’s a pity the impact big tech has had on forums, but I’m grateful for what we have now, very grateful.

The Liturgist · Jun 11, 2026

reddogs said:
How many people were saved at the Flood.... Salvation is not universal,

Red herring fallacy, I never endorsed Universalism. Universalism from an Orthodox perspective was anathematized at the Fifth Ecumenical Synod around 500 AD.

Please retract that statement and refrain from accusing me of doctrines my church explicitly rejects.

only those who choose Christ, turn to Him and repent from sin, and allow the transformation through the Holy Spirit, so they can have Christ in them and them in Christ so they truly know Him will Christ say "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world".

Indeed, but the issue is that this transformation can take an entire lifetime to accomplish; it is not instantaneous. St. Sisoes the Great on his deathbed said “Truly I cannot know if I have even begun to repent!” when his followers said “Surely you are sinless, you don’t need to repent” (he was praying for more time for repentence). After declaring that, his eyes lit up, and he said “My savior has come!” and he reposed, his face aglow.

Like Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, memory eternal, I hope to die as Abba Sisoes did.

RileyG · Jun 11, 2026

rusmeister said:
Well, I saw my wife and younger daughter off to the airport yesterday (my wife’s brothers do pay for big expenses connected to their mother, and that includes transporting the three of them to Russia every summer). Now I am all alone for the next three months. If any of you happens to be near Montenegro, I could put people up for a few nights, right smack in the middle of a tourist resort area.

Prayers continued!

RileyG · Jun 11, 2026

jas3 said:
The WCC doesn't have anything to do with Orthodox Church structure. From my understanding, the Moscow Patriarchate's participation in the WCC is mostly to act as a check on the Ecumenical Patriarchate's representation of Orthodoxy to the organization; ideally, the Orthodox would not participate at all, because there are not actually a multitude of "churches" that need to have a council, there's only one Church and the only "dialogue" it should hold with those outside it should be direct, tangible, realistic efforts to resolve schisms, not affirming their errors and promoting religious indifferentism, which is what the WCC actually does. This is why Rome isn't technically a member of the WCC, although they do have a "joint working group" that acts as a means of participating in it.

If the WCC did kick out the Moscow Patriarchate, the result could be that the MP just wouldn't participate in WCC activities anymore, or maybe they'd set up a joint working group like the RC one.

Thanks for the response! God bless!

RileyG · Jun 11, 2026

Hentenza said:
Because they are women not men.

Agreed. But some want to put “father” on the birth certificate instead of “mother.”

DaisyDay · Jun 11, 2026

Nithavela said:
When I was in school, sex ed focused on contraception, healthy sexual expression (including masturbation), the value of being able to say no if you don't give consent, as well as relationships and the nitty gritty of anatomy.

Don't know how it was for you guys.

When I was in school, sex education in elementary school was about, separately for girls, menstruation. I have no idea what the boys were taught. The physical differences between girls and boys were explained by line illustrations of internal parts and cross sections - we were not taught what anything actually looked like. The [ladies' main pleasure button] was never, ever mentioned and, apparently, not to be named here either.

In high school, sex education was mostly what bacteria and viruses caused which diseases with very brief, vague descriptions of what the effects are. Birth control was discussed with failure rates emphasized. Consent was not discussed - whatever happened was your own fault with non-virginity being read as auto-consent and virginity as non-consent (for girls, boys were presumed to be always consenting). Male rape was never discussed as it was just too shameful.

Our Surgeon General, Joyce Elders, was forced to resign for saying that masturbation was a suitable sexual release and a good alternative to sexual intercourse.

This was the 70s.

Michie · Jun 11, 2026

Amid ongoing discussions about religious participation among younger generations, a new study has found that children whose parents attended church weekly were more than twice as likely to attend church regularly as adults.

The study, “Passing the Torch: How Faith Moves Across Generations,” released in June by the Institute for Family Studies and Communio, draws on data from four national studies involving thousands of Americans raised in religious households. Researchers examined which factors most effectively help children retain their faith into adulthood.

“[P]arents play the single most important role in passing on faith to the next generation,” researchers said.

According to the report, when parents reported attending church weekly while raising their children, “a predicted 26% of their children did the same in their 30s and 40s, compared to only 12% whose parents were not weekly attenders.”

When parents identified religion as being “very important in their lives,” nearly two-thirds of their children were predicted to say the same thing as adults, the study found. Parents who prayed daily also had a 47% chance of having children who maintained a prayer life in adulthood, compared to less than one-third whose parents did not pray daily.

Continued below.

Want your children to keep the faith? Study points to 1 key factor

Amid ongoing discussions about religious participation among younger generations, a new study has found that children whose parents attended church weekly were more than twice as likely to attend

www.christianpost.com

Michie · Jun 11, 2026

recent article in the Daily Mail covering Turning Point USA's Women’s Leadership Summit portrayed the event as nothing more than a gathering of aspiring “tradwives,” a sort of beauty pageant for young conservative women longing for marriage, motherhood, and a life of submission.

Reading the piece, I found myself wondering whether the author attended the same conference as my wife and daughters. Because the women who came home to my house had a very different experience; they came home energized. They came home encouraged. They came home with a renewed sense of purpose and confidence. Most importantly, they came home knowing they were not alone.

As a husband and father of four children, including two daughters, I often feel like I am raising my family against the current of modern culture. The messages my wife and I teach at home are routinely challenged by a cultural narrative that insists fulfillment can only be found through personal autonomy, career achievement, and the rejection of traditional distinctions between men and women.

My daughters are constantly told that strength looks a certain way. Success looks a certain way. Empowerment looks a certain way.

The message is clear: If you want to be taken seriously, you must become a version of the modern “girl boss” archetype. You must view dependence as weakness, motherhood as a limitation, marriage as optional, and traditional femininity as something to be overcome rather than celebrated.

What my wife and daughters encountered at the TPUSA summit was something radically different. They heard that women are uniquely and gloriously created by God. They heard that the differences between men and women are not flaws to be erased but gifts to be embraced.

They heard that fulfillment can take many forms. A woman may choose to build a career, start a business, enter public service, raise children, or do some combination of all three. But a woman should never feel compelled to apologize for wanting a husband, a family, or a life centered on the people she loves.

That is not oppression.

That is freedom.

The conference presented a vision of womanhood grounded in biblical truth and conservative first principles. It affirmed something increasingly controversial in modern America: Men and women are equal in dignity, value, and worth before God, but they are not interchangeable.

Continued below.

Why young women are rejecting the ‘girl boss’ script

The women who attended this conference were not celebrating weakness They were celebrating womanhood

www.christianpost.com

Proximus · Jun 11, 2026

Michie said:
Vice President JD Vance said earlier this week that he wandered from the Christian faith of his youth in part because he lacked a strong network of Christian friends.

Speaking during a Monday interviewwith Fox News host Jesse Watters about his upcoming memoir Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, Vance said part of what initially led him away from Christianity was "the fact that I wasn't properly formed in my faith," despite going to church "off and on" growing up.

“My grandmother, who raised me, she was a person who prayed, she was a person of very deep faith," he said. "But I was never actually that rooted in any particular church, in any particular community of members."

Recalling when a pastor involved in prison ministry told him that the friendships one cultivates can determine a person's spiritual trajectory, Vance said he strayed as he found himself surrounded by friends who didn't take religion seriously.

"I, unfortunately, had a lot of friends who were not people of faith," he said. "I had a lot of people who just did not, I think, properly support me in my own faith journey, and so ... I kind of just lost it."

Continued below.

JD Vance says lack of Christian friendships drew him away from faith: 'I kind of just lost it'

Vice President JD Vance said earlier this week that he wandered from the Christian faith of his youth in part because he lacked a strong network of Christian friends

www.christianpost.com

Yes, the friends, the community are helpful. But one should be aware, that some folks in one church or another just because of frienships, and family ties, and so they are not interested much in the truth, or the true charity, that is, learing how to shun evils as sins, and so the friendships for them are just like the ties of some local golf club or a family hobby. So, while being in the church, then are not necessarily in the good and truth of the Word. Or they do not even care if the church is truly based on the Word, and its genuine explanation.
It also seems that if one is not seaching the truth in the church, in the Word, then he drifts away, or find the appropriate circle of fiends according to this worldly interests. But if he is searching for the truth, and the true instructions, the friends who are truly Christians are of great help, but they can also be a great obstacle, if a man is attached rather to their persons, than to the true and good from the Word, for then the tight friendship and its pleasures does not allow to have a more objective view of the Word of the Lord.

Servus · Jun 11, 2026

This is one of those times when I don't envy the Pope. rimshot

reddogs · Jun 11, 2026

The Liturgist said:
My post is directly topical - I am asking why we are using Karaite sources to try to prove the Investigative Judgement, which is a doctrine the Karaites don’t believe, while at the same time rejecting Orthodox, Catholic and other Patristic sources.

I feel as though words are being put in the mouth of Karaite Jews in an attempt to prop up a doctrine that is entirely alien to them (since Karaites do not even believe in the devil, and are also a severely persecuted minority population).

Arguments that appeal to Karaite theology in relation to the Investigative Judgement are fallacious on multiple levels since Karaite theology denies the Incarnation of Christ, denies the existence of the devil, denies that the Messiah has come, denies the Nicene Creed and all other tenets of Christianity, even heterodox Christianity, and the essential truths as believed by Karaites are fundamentally different from those of any pre-tribulationist Christians including those who believe in the Investigative Judgement, therefore, citing them is an appeal to unqualified authority and is also an imposition upon their religion in the same way that if a Karaite quoted our Scriptures in an attempt to prove one of their doctrines it would be an imposition against our faith.

The issue is one of logic, and logical fallacies, and specifically the appeal to unqualified authority fallacy, which we have also seen vis a vis Josephus, another non-Christian Jew, albeit of the Pharisaical persuasion, whose views differ from the known beliefs of Sadducees and other contemporary Jews and from those of the Christians of that era.

It is extremely important to avoid logical fallacies when trying to make a theological point, because Christ is the Logos. Now, an argument that contains a fallacy is not inherently incorrect in its conclusions, but because its methodology is flawed it becomes impossible to reasonably assess the legitimacy of the argument, since the argument is by definition Alogoi (illogical or unreasonable) and this is why I’m objecting to the use of Karaite beliefs as a source in supporting the Investigative Judgement.

If Christ is the Logos then we must be logical in approaching theological issues.

As I said, lets keep this thread clear for the explanation and keep the discussion/debate and the questions in The Investigative Judgment or Pre-Advent Judgement.

johnnypapa · Jun 11, 2026

THE NINTH DAY

With the Blessed Virgin,
the Angels, and the unknown Saints of all States.

Adore the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who complains of the coldness and indifference of the lukewarm, and who promises so much to fervent souls, who have generosity to relinquish all, in order to love Him without reserve.

Practice--Endeavour to discover the cause of your want of devotion and of your tepidity; adopt such measures as will enable you to arise from this state, and embrace every means which may contribute to render you more agreeable in the eyes of Jesus Christ.

Prayer of St. Alphonsus Liguori to the Sacred Heart

O Adorable heart of my Jesus, heart created expressly for the love of men! Until now I have shown towards Thee only ingratitude. Pardon me, O my Jesus. Heart of my Jesus, abyss of love and of mercy, how is it possible that I do not die of sorrow when I reflect on Thy goodness to me and my ingratitude to Thee? Thou, my Creator, after having created me, hast given Thy blood and Thy life for me; and, not content with this, Thou hast invented a means of offering Thyself up every day for me in the holy Eucharist, exposing Thyself to a thousand insults and outrages. Ah, Jesus, do Thou wound my heart with a great contrition for my sins, and a lively love for Thee. Through Thy tears and Thy blood give me the grace of perseverance in Thy fervent love until I breathe my last sigh. Amen.

Chaplain Jim · Jun 11, 2026

Login to view embedded media

Aussie52 · Jun 11, 2026

joechristianwarrior said:
Jesus told His disciples to leave everything and follow Him. When we look at how Peter, James, John, and Levi responded, we see that they didn't merely agree with Jesus intellectually — they took concrete action. They left behind careers, possessions, and security to follow Him.

How should Christians understand these passages today? Are these examples only descriptive of the first disciples, or do they reveal something about the level of commitment Jesus expects from all of His followers?

I've been studying this topic recently and put together a short video exploring it. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the question itself, whether or not you watch the video.

Login to view embedded media

When Jesus truly reigns as Lord of our lives, we relinquish all ownership of our time, possessions, loved ones and future hopes to Him.

New Posts

New Posts

MOD HAT ON​

MOD HAT OFF​

Filter

Forum statistics

Share this page

MOD HAT ON

MOD HAT OFF