Withholding
“What are the implications for us of Jesus’ teaching on the heart? First, we may fool ourselves or others, but we can never fool God....
Crucifixion and Resurrection
“The Resurrection was made possible only because of the crucifixion. An earthly death was required in order for the Resurrection to...
Willingness
“If you would enter into the mystery, then, like Christ Himself, you must become small, weak, poor, misunderstood, and willing to be...
Theosis/Union with God
“Our quest for communion with the everlasting God reorients our vision, directing it toward the eternal destiny of all mankind. We...
Warrior
“Christ said it in a timely fashion: that in this life we must be warriors, even within our own family; our own people will behave as...
Renounce
“The more a person truly desires the fullness of a life in Christ, the easier it becomes to renounce those things that are contrary to...
Complexity and Simplicity
“God is “a Spirit, an incomplex Being . . . not composed of a series or of a multitude of thoughts, or of a multitude of words or...
Rejection
“All of us have experienced times of discouragement, times when we feel that all in the world has turned against us. Our intentions are...
Value
“Each of us has some manifestation of Christ’s grace in us. This comes out in our personalities and our talents. There is no one who has...
Spiritual Depth
“The moral/spiritual life, when treated as one more progressive project, is largely marked by constant failure or worse. We cannot teach...