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...
Honor
“In our culture, love has often been reduced – even abused in its over-definition. Almost totally lacking, however, is a practice of...
Meekness
“To be meek means to be gentle and kind, to be empty of all selfishness and earthly ambition. It means, in a word, never to return evil...
Light
“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the...
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...
Spiritual Death
“We know that the true tragedy is not physical death but rather spiritual death. Spiritual death is separation from God…we can be...
Motives/Motivations
“Distraction serves a purpose. Like gargoyles guarding the roofline of a cathedral, distractions first serve to ward off those who lack...
Self-Esteem
“What is the problem with a reliance on self-discipline (Colossians 2:23)? Whatever is self-imposed does not derive from God. Rather, it...
Love (Wrong and Right Kind)
“Our spiritual struggle is not only a choice between good and evil, but between God and self (or self-centeredness). The choice is...
Reaching Out
“…our own sometimes shaky self-esteem, neediness, and failure to believe that we are really unique in the eyes of God often prevent us...