Evening Sermon, September 13, 2001
In the autumn fruit trees stand ripe for harvest. With its fruit the tree offers its own living substance to the earth. It makes this sacrifice so that new life, […]
Apocalypse2: The Book of the Apocalypse to John
“The Revelation to John”, as a book, has a clear structure. It has a clearly defined beginning and end, as last week we have seen.2 John’s spiritual experiences, his visions […]
For the Advancement of the World 2: The Living and the Dead1
When preparing for the festival of Michael, we looked at the way our human role in the world is highlighted in the call of the archangel, as heard in the […]
Apocalypse (3)1 “The Second Coming”
It’s somewhat misleading to speak of a “Second Coming” of Christ, of Christ “returning” or “coming again”. Such expressions go back to words of the two angels who appear when […]
Apocalypse (4)1 Apocalyptic Times
The word “apocalyptic” is often used rather loosely, when we speak about catastrophic or overwhelming events which might remind us of things described in the last book of the Bible. […]
For the Advancement of the World 1: Michael’s Call1
Our title has been taken from what even in The Christian Community we call “The Creed”, although we don’t use this specific word to introduce contents in which we would […]
Apocalypse (5) Human Evolution in the Apocalypse of John1
“We shall now survey the Apocalypse in an endeavor to see what it has to say concerning mankind’s Christian progress” (writes Rudolf Frieling). “This continually changes the scene of its […]