Confusion
“Babel, the place where the tower was built, means “gate of God.” The word is also a homonym of the Hebrew verb balal, “to produce...
Obedience (and Freedom and Salvation)
“Obedience is not to carry out this or that order that you were given, while you object on the inside. Obedience is to subordinate your...
Willpower
“In his disobedience and expulsion from Paradise, man lost the grace of the Holy Spirit (My Spirit shall not remain)…Without the grace of...
Wrath
“ ‘So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the...
Troubles and Trials
“… when we deal with suffering it can be difficult to understand and convey why things are happening. St. Paul writes of suffering (and...
Unwittingly
“ From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief...
Friendship
“Christ has come according to the power given Him from the Almighty Father, and has summoned people to friendship, blessing, repentance,...
Teaching
“The idea that one might teach anyone about the Lord seems absurd if we look at the task soberly. However, the teaching of the faith...
Faith (Rightly Oriented and Unyielding)
“To have faith in Christ is not merely to have warm feelings or nice thoughts about Him, but truly to seek first His Kingdom with every...
Heart (Hardened and Rebellious)
“…we must beware of the hardening of our hearts (Hebrews 3:15). In Greek, the word “harden” refers to “making stubborn” or...