Marriage and Self-Denial

Marriage and Self-Denial

For if someone wants to save his or her life/soul/self, he/she will lose it. But whoever loses his or her life/soul/self for me will find it. – Matthew 16:25 It was more than a decade ago. My wife and I were not yet married. We were both insanely busy graduate...
How to Celebrate Lent For Every Season

How to Celebrate Lent For Every Season

When most people think of Lent, they probably think of its role in helping people confess and renounce sin.  The self-denial that is inherent in how many Christian groups practice this part of the liturgical calendar is a perfect mechanism for helping people come to...
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...