Good and Evil
“No one ever became holy by fighting evil. We only become holy by falling in love with Christ.…we don’t conquer evil with fear but with...
Love and Sin
“ ‘Love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8)…Love is the barometer by which Christ will judge our lives. Sin is not only doing wrong....
Faith and Action
“When we separate faith from everything else, we make it into belief. It becomes the assent to the truth of something that cannot be...
Enchantment/Disenchantment
“We are captivated by the “surface” of things, failing to see what lies beneath. It causes us to be anxious and driven by things of...
Rules and Legalism
“…we should not glory in the strictness of our spiritual disciplines: in prostrations, vigils, severe fasting, self-punishments, and...
Failure
“…we see in Paul’s words, “Scripture confined all under sin” (Galatians 3:22). The Greek word “confined” comes from the root “to shut up...
Miracles
“The miracles of Christ are a sign that God’s Kingdom is breaking into this world, or perhaps more accurately, that this world is related...
Objectifying People
“The normal mode of “seeing” in our daily world can be called “objective.” We see things as objects, and nothing more. Indeed, we see...
Family and Relationships
“Our culture is rooted in assumptions of radical individualism. It believes that we are not only distinct and separate from everything...
Individualism (Modern Notions)
“Our culture is rooted in individualism…The spirit of individualism is a spirit of ego and pride…“Once individuals become the locus of...