Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Catholic

2010-12-05T02:51:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Revelation and Advent: Waiting and Working

Last updated on: December 5, 2010 at 2:51 am By Billy Kangas

Revelation is a book that is troubling to many people. It’s filled with images and language that seems very much out of this world. Many people wonder if there is any thing profitable in a book that by all outward appearances has only indecipherably cryptic references to seals, bowels, trumpets, whores, beasts, plagues, sores, and countless other strange things. I would like to argue that Revelation is more then just profitable, it offers the very paradigm that guides the Christian... Read more

Uncategorized

2010-12-04T15:01:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Book review: New Testament and Mission: Historical and Hermeneutical, by Johannes Nissen

Last updated on: December 4, 2010 at 3:01 pm By Billy Kangas

New Testament and Mission: Historical and Hermeneutical was written by Associate Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the Department of Biblical Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Johannes Nissen. Nissen believes that the New Testament’s theology of mission is multidimensional, each author and genre emphasis a different perspective, which should be viewed in harmony rather then homogenized together. To show this Nisssen parses the New Testament canon up into different sections and addresses them individually, rather then presenting an overall theology and... Read more

Uncategorized

2010-12-03T09:47:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Prayer Before Studying

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 at 9:47 am By Billy Kangas

I am in the midst of prepairing for the end of all my classes here at seminary, which is why I havn’t been posting nearly as much as I normally do. Please keep me and all the other students here in your prayers. Here is a traditional Coptic prayer I ran into. I have found it to be beneficial to me. Take a look: Most blessed Lord, send the grace of Your Holy Spirit on me to strengthen me that... Read more

Uncategorized

2010-11-28T10:39:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Advent!

Last updated on: November 28, 2010 at 10:39 am By Billy Kangas

Today is the first day of Advent! This time of year is my favorite church season I think. In it we relive the waiting of God’s elect for the coming of Christ, by remembering the story of God’s salvation throughout the Old Testament. We also remember God’s promise to return and make all things new. So during this season we also watch and pray for the eschatological reality of the Kingdom of God to be fulfilled. This year it is... Read more

Uncategorized

2010-11-21T01:02:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Ephesians: Sharing in the Divine life

Last updated on: November 21, 2010 at 1:02 am By Billy Kangas

I read through Ephesians today, and I was struck by it in a new way. It seems to be that Ephesians in many ways is laying out what it means to participate in the Divine nature, a idea explicitly mentioned in 1 Peter 1:4. It seems the author wishes to convey that God invites us to participate in the trinitarian life of unity, by living in the same unity of love that God has in the trinitarian economy. In other... Read more

Uncategorized

2010-11-20T10:24:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Saint of the Week: Agnes of Assisi

Last updated on: November 20, 2010 at 10:24 am By Billy Kangas

Most people know about St. Francis of Assisi, the man who started the Franciscans and devoted himself to a life of poverty to rebuild the church, and many people know about St. Clare of Assisi, who followed his example and founded the her own monastic community based on Francis’ own. However not too many people talk about Agnes of Assisi. This week the Church remembers Agnes, who followed her sister into the monastic life. After loosing two daughters to this... Read more

Uncategorized

2010-11-14T09:50:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Is the Church important?

Last updated on: November 14, 2010 at 9:50 am By Billy Kangas

An Apostolic Arrangement One of the things I have found amazing about Jesus’ ministry is the calling of the 12 disciples. If Jesus was God then why would he need a group of guys to help him do his ministry. One would think Jesus could do it on His own. The fact that Jesus didn’t just do it on his own reveals one of the most amazing things about the way God initiates his mission in the world today.... Read more

Uncategorized

2010-11-13T20:49:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Luke: the Lost the Last and the Least

Last updated on: November 13, 2010 at 8:49 pm By Billy Kangas

For those of us who follow the Sunday lectionary cycle Year C is quickly coming to a close. Year C is a time where the church has paid a special attention to the evangelist Luke. When Advent begins on November 28th the lectionary will move on to Year A and to a focus on Matthew. Before we move on though, I thought it might be a good idea to look at one of the major themes that have been highlighted by this... Read more

Uncategorized

2010-11-12T09:44:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Alaska Worship

Last updated on: November 12, 2010 at 9:44 am By Billy Kangas

I thought I would let you know that there is a new CD out that features some of the live worship I led in Bush Alaska over the summer. It also features my friends Tom Mute, and Phil Cannon . Check out the CD: Read more

Uncategorized

2010-11-11T17:32:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Saint of the Week: Martin of Tours

Last updated on: November 11, 2010 at 5:32 pm By Billy Kangas

Today the church in the west celebrates the life of an incredible man, Martin of Tours. Born into an era where Christianity was recently legalized, he converted to Christianity against the wishes of his parents at the age of ten. As a teen he was required to join the calvary in the Roman empire. As a soldier in the military he once came across a naked beggar, and cut his coat in half, giving the begar the other half of... Read more

Uncategorized

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What city is considered the holiest in Christianity?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Bethlehem Nazareth Jerusalem Rome

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Art Bible Books CCC Prayer Christmas Current Events Family Film Free Photo Fridays Humor hunger liturgical calendar liturgy Music Photos pope Prayer Prayerful Leader questions Quotes Review Saints Satire Scripture SYNOD SYNOD FOR THE FAMILY teaching Uncategorized video Weekly Round Up

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 April 2026 February 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 February 2025 January 2025 September 2024 June 2024 May 2024 February 2024 December 2023 August 2023 May 2023 February 2023 November 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 March 2022 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 September 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 August 2019 June 2019 May 2019 March 2019 January 2019 December 2018 August 2018 June 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 December 2017 November 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 December 2016 November 2016 February 2016 January 2016 November 2015 October 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 October 2008 August 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Catholic

Today, I Take More Time for Self-Care

Today, I take more time for self-care. And the single-minded banker who...

Conscious Babies

As late as the 1980s, scientists assumed that babies lack consciousness, so...

The Sermon on the Mount, Part II: Matthew...

The Sermon on the Mount, Part II (Matt. 5:13-37) The Sermon on...

Bath Abbey

Bath is a town that goes all the way back to Roman...