In a World that Massacres Babies, the Infant Jesus is Our Hope: A Sermon for Midnight Mass, 2022

Christmas is about hope. Tonight we celebrate the hope that was born into the world. Because of the birth of a little baby in a backwater desert outpost 2000 years ago, we have hope. We can look ahead to the future with optimism and confidence that all things will turn out okay. However, before we …

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Justification by Faith Alone in Galatians

This essay shall first give an overview of St Paul’s understanding of justification in his Epistle to the Galatians, looking at what he understood it to mean, how it is related to the Abrahamic Covenant, and how we receive it by faith alone. Then, we shall exegetically analyse the key passage of 3:6-12, showing that …

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