Ralph Hotere, 'Towards Aramoana', 1982 ‘That Cross was deep embedded in the very structure of Christ’s Person, because nowadays you cannot separate His Person from His vocation, from the work … more →
P e r ∙ C r u c e m ∙ a d ∙ L u c e mwrote 1 week ago: Ralph Hotere, 'Towards Aramoana', 1982 ‘That Cross was deep embedded in the very structure o … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Today’s New Zealand Herald ran this image and its accompanying story about an Auckland church’s (St … more →
wrote 2 months ago: There simply is never a bad time to read Forsyth, and it’s been a while since I posted any. So … more →
wrote 3 months ago: This Friday (11 September) I will be presenting a paper at the Christian Thought & History/Pasto … more →
wrote 4 months ago: “LISTEN, I WILL TELL YOU A MYSTERY!”[1] It is a momentous occasion to stand as a servant of Christ a … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Strange thing about this book I will quote from is that it makes much more sense to me now that I ha … more →
wrote 6 months ago: In preparing for a sermon on Psalm 130, I came across this quote by one of my favorite authors, PT F … more →
wrote 6 months ago: “The depth is simply the height inverted, as sin is the index of moral grandeur. The cry is not only … more →
wrote 7 months ago: ‘What keeps us silent is not spirituality, as with the Friends [Quakers], and we need not flatter ou … more →
wrote 7 months ago: “The faith we keep means more for our soul than the views we win”. (P. T. Forsyth, p. 1 … more →
wrote 7 months ago: ‘O Lord, thou knowest our frame, and rememberest that we are dust. Pity the sorrows of such as … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves' (1653), drypoint and burin, N … more →
wrote 8 months ago: ‘One reason why the Church does not impress the world more may be because we are too much bent … more →
wrote 8 months ago: ‘The real power of prayer in history is not a fusillade of praying units of whom Christ … more →
wrote 8 months ago: ‘It is doubtful if anywhere so much ability is going to seed as in the pulpit, if so much toil … more →
wrote 9 months ago: ‘It was not to man’s future, but to a present holy God that Christ Himself poured out … more →
wrote 9 months ago: A few days ago, I posted a cartoon which included the caption [from the lips of a teacher]: ‘W … more →
wrote 9 months ago: ‘The old layman demanded depth at any cost, for which he was willing to pay the inward price a … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Regular readers of Per Crucem ad Lucem can gear themselves up for some more Forsyth in the next few … more →