Battle/Fight Within
“Christianity has always meant an opposition to and a fight with this world – a fight, let me stress it again, which is primarily, if not...
Spiritual Pride
“‘When I lived in the outside world, I was preparing to become a monk. I kept the fasts strictly. Every day I made at least a thousand...
Granted (Take for)
“As sinners, we take our fallenness for granted. In our encounters with other human beings, we live as if this is a normal state. Our...