Enemies
“At the root of all this is the failure to see who our true enemies are. Our enemies are demons. Humans who teach false things are not...
Words/Speech
“Words have something of a sacramental relationship with the reality they represent. Or, to be more precise, they have an iconic...
Seeking/Searching
“ We would like to think that gaining spiritual understanding comes from the sudden unveiling of a revelation, a quick flash of insight....
Good and Evil
“An evil person is not someone who is nothing but evil, someone with no redeeming features or virtues whatsoever. An evil person is not a...
Reveal/Revelation
“God is an obvious reality, but man is a paradoxical being—God’s beloved creation, fallen away from real life and caught in some fiction,...
Crisis
“What is the peace of the world? Perhaps we would call it security or safety; the sense that physical walls and human strength,...
Kingdom of God/Heaven
“Seeking the Kingdom of God isn’t a retreat into the wilderness or a complete renunciation of the world; withdrawing from the world for...
Spiritual Blindness and Deafness
“He [Gadarene Demoniac – Luke 16:19-31] is an icon of our brokenness and represents us all in many ways. He did not ask Christ to deliver...
Calling from Christ
“As we look to the scriptures, with the crucified and exalted Christ as our starting point, we can, only now, recognize that the world...
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...