Growing into the image of Christ with the help of St Nicholas

Advent. John the Baptist calls for repentance and St Peter reminds us God is patient. But waiting is still the hardest thing to do.

All Saints Day. What saints are we talking about? Miracle workers? Or the mother holding her baby? Or both?

How does reading a New Testament letter explain the Genesis account of being made in God’s image? Listen in for another option on how we understand the imago Dei.

Looking forward from Adam, what’s this current situation? Who is God, who are we, and what are the effects of all this sin?

What’s original sin, total depravity, and all those other words we use when talking about sin? Why are we on the hook for Adam’s failure — for something we didn’t do?

What is culture and what is its reason or purpose? Where does the Gospel fit into the many human cultures throughout the globe and all of time?

Being made in the image of God is one of the reasons that humans are distinct from the rest of creation. But how do we understand the image of God and what are the many possible interpretations of this concept?

What does it mean to be human? What makes up a human being and how is this related to Christ’s resurrected body and the doctrine of “last things” or eschatology?

How is Jesus like a couple of goats? What’s going on in his temptation and his time in the wilderness? How does Lent give us a chance to enter that with him?