Compassion
“It is of note to me that there is a great darkness associated with God in some presentations of the Christian faith, enough to drive...
Eschaton (End Times/Last Times)
“Popular ideas of heaven in the media, literature, and religious art have fortified the idea of heaven and earth as distinct locations or...
Faithfulness
“…remaining faithful is critical to our salvation. We cannot be faithful for a while and then abandon Christ and still expect our prior...
Forgiveness
“Christ seeks to examine within the heart of each believer. Have we embraced forgiveness of others truly? Have we embraced it in the same...
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...
Worldliness
“Our present-day culture is often torn between the attraction of an imaginary future in which science and such overcome all illness and...
Obedience (and Love)
“Just as Christ deepens our understanding of the Law in spiritual terms, so Saint Paul advises us to rid ourselves of all reluctance and...
Salvation
“…Chrysostom understands original sin not in terms of inherited or personal guilt but in terms of an inherited mortality that causes...
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,...
Language (of Scripture/Bible)
“…human minds, human reason, and human language are all inadequate for understanding God and expressing Ultimate Truth…Scripture can only...