SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“Man-centered ritualism is deadly….Ascetic practices—prayer, fasting, almsgiving—are taught by God (Matthew 6), but enemies lie along...

“James 5:16 draws the contrast to such Spiritless worship and prayer: “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”...

“Our reading [Romans 6:18-23] presents a different understanding of freedom than the view of our society. This contrasting perspective...

“St. Paul called “that mindset which was in Christ Jesus,” the phronema Christou (Phil. 2.5).”…Our phronema is our mindset, but mental...

“There is a big difference between having compulsions and being a slave to them. We share in Christ’s victory over sin through our union...

“Sin works in the soul and heart, but most terribly in the mind (Romans 1:28) or nous, which is the center or eye of the heart according...

“Let us think of our human existence as a book. Most people regard this present life as the actual text, the main story, and they see the...

“Jesus clearly knew that Judas felt no kindness or wise consideration for his master. He also knew that Judas was full of devilishly...

“If we find that we too are limping along in our walk with the Lord, then we might ask ourselves whether unknowingly or not, we have...

“ ‘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...