St. John the Evangelist - Ancient Faith, Modern Relevance

In all that I write, preach, or teach, the following sentiment is always in the back of my mind. If it is St. John’s mission “To know Christ and to make Him known,” it is my mission to “equip the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ.” (Ephesians 4.11 ff)

A caveat: some of the opinions I express may not reflect a formal position taken by St. John’s or her leadership. I may occasionally take the liberty to opine regarding speculative or personally interesting matters. I hope that you find these musings profitable, or stimulating, or perhaps even irritating (in the spirit of Hebrews 10.24). A couple of final notes:

• If you think that there is a topic that will be of general interest, let me know and I may be able to address it.
• Each article has an encoded date that helps index the material. The code reads Year/Month/Day, as in 2009/12/31.

Christ’s servant - and yours,

Mark

“I see that there is nothing more difficult in the world than to found a church. The stones are generally rough and very unpolished; hence, unless they are rendered plane and smooth by the Spirit, the Word, and examples of holy life, they cannot easily be made to fit each other. May the Lord grant that among us there may be rightly planted a vine which in due time may produce fruit delicious both to men and to God.” (Peter Martyr, writing to Archbishop Cranmer. 15 January 1549.)