The word of God is full of meaning. The Bible is exceedingly sententious. People multiply words to express their meaning, but the LORD is amazingly concise. It seems as if he writes in shorthand ...

Gently but firmly correcting their perception of “success,” Jesus invites them to remember what is truly important.

The New Creation is in Christ. As Levi was in the loins of Abraham when Melchisedec met him, so have we been in the loins of Christ from the foundation of the world.

You became a part of the new creation in Christ. That is a reality based on what happened at the cross. In Galatians 2:20 Paul writes, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, ...

By sharing the Eucharist, we nourish this new life as members of the body of Christ. What Jesus accomplished once and for all is now extended in time and space as the redemption of the world ...

The power of this forgiveness to forge a new relationship in the risen Christ is captured by Alice Walker in her poem "Goodnight, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning." ...

Not only is baptism a new birth, ... This immersion into water symbolizes a death, from which we rise up in Christ, born again as “a new creature” (2 Corinthians 5:17).