On December 25, Christians around the world will gather to celebrate Jesus’ birth. Joyful carols, special liturgies, brightly wrapped gifts, festive foods—these all characterize the feast today, at least in the northern hemisphere. But just how did the Christmas festival originate? How did December 25 come to be associated with Jesus’ birthday?
文章說到兩名華人主教是由不同的保守派聖公會組織所祝聖,這是事實的一半而已。伍德賢主教是由Kolini大主教祝聖為盧旺達的「宣教主教」(Missionary Bishop),而梁永康主教則是由新成立的「北美聖公會教會」(Anglican Church in North America)的Duncan大主教祝聖。不過兩位新主教都是Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) 的主教院成員之一。
Scot McKnight and some of the bibliobloggers we know will launch a new commentary series Regula Fidei (Rule of Faith). According to Michael Bird (who will write on Romans), each commentary will include “orienting the specific text to the “Big Story” of Scripture and dedicating 50% of the commentary to how we “live the story”.
Now that SBL New Orleans is over, my friend Anson has sent me the audio link (Andy Rowell) to the review session on Douglas Campbell‘s important book, The Deliverance of God. Responses by Michael Gorman, Douglas Moo and Alan Torrance, and with short audience participation from Richard Hays, N.T. Wright and Barry Matlock.