This Good News is the good news of repentance, of simple faith in Jesus Christ, of lives that find peace with God through the work of Jesus Christ in the cross.
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
A circle of friends on pilgrimage for the love of God
Sermons from October 2017
For Chesterton, this life of joy begins in the simple wonder of being alive, but it ends in loving God and loving neighbor.
There is always a temptation to move beyond the simplicity of the Good News. In ancient Israel, the northern kingdom of Israel left the revelation of God for the illusions of surrounding nations. The Christians in Irenaeus’ day were tempted to leave the Gospel behind for a supposedly deeper spiritual truth. Even today, we are surrounded by ideas and lifestyles that call to us to leave behind the archaic Gospel truth in favor of supposedly deeper spiritual ideas.
The friends of God become people who enter into communion, into friendship with one another. And these friendships have stretched across the ages.