Fire (Divine and Spiritual Fire)
“There is within every human person gold and silver and mud and dross. Life in this age has been given to us for repentance and the...
Broken World
“In a broken world God calls the whole of humanity to become God's people. For this purpose God chose Israel and then spoke in a unique...
Betrayal
“…most of our sins are not sins of violence, but sins of affection gone wrong. After all, who is it that we sin against the most? Our...
Daily Bread
“Give us this day our daily bread.”…Daily is a misleading translation of the Greek epiousios, which is literally “above the essence” or...
Deception
“The story of the first sin begins not with a choice, but with a lie. As much as we tend to emphasize “free-will” as the origin and...
Engagement
“Christians must simultaneously engage the world around them (an invasion) and be aloof from it (a retreat). A believer plants one foot...
Heart (and Words and Actions)
“…the heart is the innermost center of our being. It is the seat of our thoughts, emotions, will, self-awareness, and conscience. It...
Brokenness
“Just as God sent Jesus back into the world with his wounds, so we are sent into each day with our wounds…Jesus His followers with their...
Honor
“In our culture, love has often been reduced – even abused in its over-definition. Almost totally lacking, however, is a practice of...
Actions
“We prefer lies over truth, darkness instead of light, and truth only in small measure. The famous movie line “you can’t handle the...