Good and Evil
“Questions about the problem of evil and God's commands are really asking about character of God. The real question is, "Can God be...
Bible/Scriptures (Putting on Christ)
“We also heard today from Saint Paul these words: “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its...
Blame
“Divine foreknowledge [of God]…takes away neither…moral freedom nor…accountability. For God, all things are a present reality; He...
Heart (Good and Bad)
“The treasure in one’s heart is the intention of the thought, from which the searcher of hearts judges the outcome. Hence it quite...
Pure Heart
“To spend time with someone who has learned well the battle of the heart is to sit at the gate of paradise. On some few occasions I have...
Christian Life
“The Christian life is, properly, a life of spiritual asceticism in which we seek to shed that which is not truly ours. This is not...
Fire (Divine and Spiritual Fire)
“One meaning of the name God is “burning”…Thus, He is called a consuming fire (see also Heb 12:29), and He burns up sin and corruption in...
Faith and Reason
“The list of heretics using their logical and rational minds goes on and on, with many still at work today. Simply using our rational and...
Spiritual Growth and Maturity
“In child development, there is something called Object Permanency. It is the child’s ability to grasp that even though they cannot see...
Atheism
““The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’”(Psalm 14:1). This verse is not so much about principled atheists,...