This Is the Night
The Easter Vigil dramatically symbolizes and delivers all that we believe, teach and confess. It is the resurrection. It is Baptism.
Geoff Boyle
The Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Boyle has served Grace and Trinity Lutheran Churches since 2010. He is undeservedly blessed by his wife, Nicole, and his five children.
Celebrating Christ the King in Zechariah with St. Cyril of Alexandria
Palm Sunday is one of those triumphal days where prophecy and fulfillment beautifully are upheld side by side.
Isaiah Sees the Lord with St. Jerome
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up;and the train of his robe filled the temple. (Isaiah 6:1) The goal of the Christian life is to see God. We see Him now veiled beneath bread and wine, in the waters of Holy Baptism, in
Parsing the Proverbs with St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius (a.d. ca. 298–373) was five years old when the last and greatest persecution under the Roman commenced.
The Whole Christ Prays the Psalms with St. Augustine
O Lord, how many are my foes!Many are rising against me;2 many are saying of my soul,“There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah 3 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,my glory, and the lifter of my head.4 I cried aloud to the Lord,and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah 5 I lay
Job’s Resurrection Cry with St. Gregory the Great
The celebration of the resurrection, particularly in the face of death and grief, is the hallmark of the Christian faith.
Celebrating the Passover with Melito of Sardis
Certain texts you read at certain times every year. Every Advent, I revisit St. Athanasius’s On the Incarnation.
The Sacrifice of Isaac with Origen
One thing that makes us nervous about early Christian interpretation of the Scriptures is what we call “allegory” or “spiritual exegesis.”
Reading the Old Testament with the Early Church fathers
Old books help us see things differently. It’s not to say that old books are inherently better, but they are different.