Celebration and Anticipation

Celebration and Anticipation

Christmas is such a wonderful time of year.  Celebrating the birth of Jesus means celebrating the inexplicable fact that the God who created everything that exists became a human being (John 1:1-14), one who knows the pain of being human from the inside (Hebrews...
Why Lent?

Why Lent?

Lent has begun, and we here at the B. H. Carroll Theological Institute are commemorating the occasion both in our private devotion to Jesus and in our life together as an academic community.  But why?  After all, Lent is nowhere prescribed for us in...
Rejoicing in Christ

Rejoicing in Christ

“Always rejoice in the Lord; I will say it again–Rejoice!” Philippians 4:4 We are often told as Christians that we are supposed to have joy. But what does that mean? How can we be joyful when there is so much suffering in the world (to say nothing of the pain in...