Sorrow
“Even among those of us who call ourselves Christians, the concept of godly sorrow (2 Cor 7:10) is not well understood. How easy it is to...
Holy Spirit
“If we try to describe our perception and experience of the Holy Spirit, we will quickly realize that human words are not enough for...
Anger
“If a man were to see himself in a mirror in a fit of anger, of rage, he’d be horrified and wouldn’t recognize himself with such a...
Worship
“The heart of worship is the offering of praise and thanksgiving to the God who has given us life and sustains all things in their...
Money
“God needs a place in our hearts, to grab a hold of something in a man’s soul. Then the man can be helped. But if his heart and soul are...
Direction
“Jesus Christ unites all things in Himself, things in heaven, on earth, or in any of the spiritual regions of the cosmos including hell....
Purpose
“St. Maximos the Confessor writes about three “incarnations” of the Logos: Creation, the Scriptures, and the God/Man, Jesus Christ. The...
Suffering (Finding God Within It)
“All of the writings in the New Testament clearly presume that suffering is universal – everyone suffers. There is no teaching in the New...
God's Nature/Our Nature
“It is very interesting that…it is only when God “empties himself” for the life of the world, that He actually takes on being. Before...
God's Love
“In shame, the only thing we accept is our failure and the idea that we deserve perpetual punishment….The shame we are speaking of is a...