Pain and Love
“All of us have known moments during which close kin or wonderful friends have suffered a grievous loss. Our instinct is to go to them,...
Suffering (Sharing in Others Suffering)
“The godly suffer, in part, so that having experienced God's comfort they in turn can comfort others. Thus, Paul shows the fallacy in his...
Faith and Knowledge
“In order to become wise, we must first become fools. The most valuable knowledge of all is the knowledge of what we don’t know. The...
Narratives
“The term “worldview,” from the German word Weltanschauung, means the comprehensive perspective from which we interpret all of reality....
Division
“ ‘Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. For from now on five in one house will...
Change
“Christianity should not be reduced to political activism or the enforcement of morality, for societal reformation can take place only...
Self-Reliance
“This unique reality that constitutes our true self, is, in its most foundational aspect, a gift. We never “create ourselves”…We are not...
Atonement
“We must remember that both in St Paul’s letters and in Hebrews, there is no playing off of Father and Son. Some have wrongly drawn a...
Resistance
“ ‘and no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better’ (Luke 5:39). This saying occurs only in...
Alive (Fully)
“..the glory of God is man fully alive, the glory of God is the human person fully alive, living in loving relationships in harmony with...