Inside Out
“…being a Christian isn’t about preserving a cultural tradition or repeating a religious routine. Faith is not measured by how often we...
Direction
“Jesus Christ unites all things in Himself, things in heaven, on earth, or in any of the spiritual regions of the cosmos including hell....
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...
Thoughts (Battling Them)
“I once confessed to an experienced priest that sinful thoughts were torturing me, and this is what he advised me: “Think of the thoughts...
Life (Life is Christ)
“In the light of Christ, this world, this life are lost and are beyond mere ‘help,’ not because there is fear of death in them, but...
Stability
“Let us not be troubled when it befalls us to be plunged into darkness, especially if we are not responsible for it…this darkness...
Secularism
“The great tragedy of secularism is its reduction of all things to mere things. We are created to have right relationships with all...
Spiritual Growth and Maturity
“There is a natural pattern of the telos in our genetic reality. DNA is an example of a natural telos, a patterning within us that moves...
Self-Interest
“There is no doubt that people will act in their own self-interest. It is inherent in sin…Sooner or later, every disciple of the Lord...
God's Love
“In shame, the only thing we accept is our failure and the idea that we deserve perpetual punishment….The shame we are speaking of is a...