Good and Evil
“No one ever became holy by fighting evil. We only become holy by falling in love with Christ.…we don’t conquer evil with fear but with...
Quotes of the Day for September 21, 2023 – Thoughts on fighting evil
“No one ever became holy by fighting evil. We only become holy by falling in love with Christ.…we don’t conquer evil with fear but with...
Temptation
“Inevitably, the pain that follows sin is greater than the pain of struggling against temptation. Likewise, the pain caused by our sinful...
Love and Sin
“ ‘Love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8)…Love is the barometer by which Christ will judge our lives. Sin is not only doing wrong....
Faith and Action
“When we separate faith from everything else, we make it into belief. It becomes the assent to the truth of something that cannot be...
Enchantment/Disenchantment
“We are captivated by the “surface” of things, failing to see what lies beneath. It causes us to be anxious and driven by things of...
Rules and Legalism
“…we should not glory in the strictness of our spiritual disciplines: in prostrations, vigils, severe fasting, self-punishments, and...
Failure
“…we see in Paul’s words, “Scripture confined all under sin” (Galatians 3:22). The Greek word “confined” comes from the root “to shut up...
Miracles
“The miracles of Christ are a sign that God’s Kingdom is breaking into this world, or perhaps more accurately, that this world is related...
Mundane
“It can be tempting to think that not much can be expected spiritually of people like us who live in the world with our families,...