Dangerous Pride
“…pride is stupidity. Why? Because how can we be proud when everything we have is not ours? How can I be proud of my appearance if God...
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,...
Ambition
“Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people—which is what I think it does...
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...
Salvation
“…Chrysostom understands original sin not in terms of inherited or personal guilt but in terms of an inherited mortality that causes...
Works (Good Works)
“When the Lord Jesus addresses His disciples openly before a multitude assembled in Roman Palestine, He reminds us that the faithful of...
Joy (Mystery of)
“The New Testament books tell us time and time again about such a human emotion as joy; we can read about joy in many literary works,...
Love (Growing Cold)
“The Lord says that because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold (Matthew 24:12). Usually this point is presented as...
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...