Life and Death
“ ‘The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered…And all flesh died that...
Hunger
“All of us are born into this world with a deep and insatiable longing for Paradise. Perhaps we are not even aware of it. Most of us bury...
Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is so terribly hard. On a psychological level, it feels dangerous. The shame engendered by any insult or injury is our...
Heart (Good and Bad)
“Real life is lived in the depths of our heart, as is our hell and our paradise. That is where the battle is fought between our good and...
Speaking/Talking
“It is not that talking is evil or that it necessarily cheapens the truth. After all, if God himself communicates and does so in human...
Heart (and Words and Actions)
“…the heart is the innermost center of our being. It is the seat of our thoughts, emotions, will, self-awareness, and conscience. It...
Obedience
“While the rich man was probably being sincere when he insisted I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws [Mark 10:20], he had confined...
Consent
“ ‘Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve’ (Luke 22:3). Satan does not enter a man except by the...
Love (Knowing how you love God)
“There is only one true proof of wholehearted love of God – if you strive to exercise care by laboring solicitously on behalf of your...