Family and Relationships
“A conference participant once asked the speaker, "What is the best way for a father to love his children?" The speaker replied, "The best way for a father to love his children is to love their mother." I reflect often upon that superbly accurate statement. And I think the reverse is equally true: the best way a mother can love her children is to love their father. More than anything else in the world, children need a loving family and parents who support each other, even if
Freedom
“But Holy Scripture speaks sufficiently simply—it speaks about how man accepted evil…, accepted evil according to his freedom, which God had given to him. God did not limit man’s freedom, but where there is choice there is always freedom, and if there is no choice, there is no freedom. Man according to his own personal freedom, as we see, in violation of the family hierarchy, transgresses God’s commandment, goes outside of God’s commandments…The limits of freedom really were
"God's Absence"
“All things that exist, bad and good, only do exist because God’s uncreated energy, His grace, binds and fulfills and sustains...
Peace
“Christ then appears through shut doors in the midst of them and tells them one thing: ‘Peace be with you.’ For these to be the first...
Comfort and Discomfort
“… Paul had more than his share of “tribulation.” The root of the Greek word has to do with “pressure” that presses us down. That is,...
God's Will vs Self Will
“…sin lies in the direction of the will…A person sins when he looks upon his life as if it belonged only to him…It is necessary for...
Suffering (Finding God Within It)
“All of the writings in the New Testament clearly presume that suffering is universal – everyone suffers. There is no teaching in the New...
God's Nature/Our Nature
“It is very interesting that…it is only when God “empties himself” for the life of the world, that He actually takes on being. Before...
Human Nature
“Human life consists of two components: one is internal, invisible, and the other external, visible. The first is all the spiritual...
Truth
“Facts are those things that are objectively verifiable—the boiling point of water, the diameter of the Earth, and so on. But even though...