Ascension Day
Ascension Day Resources
What is Ascension Day? Video
What is Ascension Day? What are we missing if we're not marking this moment in the liturgical year? And how can our faith communities celebrate this feast on the Christian calendar? Professors Edwin Chr. van Driel and Heather Vacek discuss Ascension Day.
The Ascension: Christ’s Victory, Our Hope!
In this blog and podcast, Dr. Edith M. Humphrey, William F. Orr Professor of New Testament, writes about the Ascension and explains that it's Christ's victory and our hope. By means of the Ascension, we know that Jesus is truly the Lord, for he has not only won the victory over death but also has taken his rightful place with the Father. And he has done this, astonishingly, by raising our human nature with him! By means of the Ascension, the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, was made possible.
Why the Bible Matters
The Rev. Dr. Steve Tuell, James A. Kelso Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament, writes, "Through the words of Scripture, we encounter the Word made flesh, our living Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That is why the Bible matters."
A Sermon for Ascension Day
In this sermon, the Rev. Dr. Edwin Chr. van Driel, Directors’ Bicentennial Associate Professor of Theology, describes how, for the first Christians Jesus’ ascension was not an expression of his absence, but instead an expression of his presence. His power is present everywhere. His work has not ended—no, his work has begun a completely new phase of triumphant leading.
The Scandal of the Ascension
In this blog post, the Rev. Dr. Steve Tuell, James A. Kelso Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament, writes "we Christians also have something to teach: the grand, unimaginable news that God has really done it–God has entered our reality of time and space in the scandalously particular person of Jesus of Nazareth."