SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“Why was the entire dispensation of history and work of Christ necessary? Could not God simply have saved humankind by fiat?...The solution God has provided is to heal our nature from the inside out. By joining His divine, eternal life to human flesh, Jesus Christ has overcome the power of death; hence mortality will be abandoned in the grave when the universal resurrection dawns. If this explanation is not sufficient for the inquirer, ‘Say something like this to reasonable p

“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...

“The heart of worship is the offering of praise and thanksgiving to the God who has given us life and sustains all things in their...

“Attending church is not the same as being united to the Church. Salvation is not granted by presence in a building, but by synergy—the...

“…in the sacraments, we are not asking God to make something to be other than it is but to reveal it to be what it truly is…A problem...

“From a world held hostage by the idea that the quantifiably big, the numerically great, and the visibly expansive accurately describe...

“I find the bits and pieces of everyday life much more precious than the hopes and dreams of an unlived future. Clouds passing in the sky...

“The quest to know God’s will is the most important thing in a man’s life, since when he happens on the path of the will of God he...

“Christianity is seen as a cohesive way of life that encompasses the whole of a person.” (Fr. Stephen De Young) “Christianity does not...

“…it is possible to strive for peace and gratitude even when everything is going wrong. They have helped me see that peace and gratitude...