Gripped (Enslaved)
“To be perfect, one must willingly sacrifice all and follow Christ. Nothing is gained unless this sacrifice is given freely. The...
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...
Anger (at/toward God)
“The evening of my wife’s death I was driving my son, Timothy, to buy a blazer for the funeral. In the darkness of the moving car I said,...
Childlikeness
“After we have repented of our sins, renounced our wickedness, and have been purified by baptism, we turn back to the eternal light, as...
Blessed, Blessedness and Blessings
“Our Lord Jesus Christ entered into this world to endure its suffering. He did not simply remove it from us, He shared in it. And as a...
Captivity
“Our reading [Romans 6:18-23] presents a different understanding of freedom than the view of our society. This contrasting perspective...
Grace and Struggle
“Our task is to struggle, to cast sin aside, and to strive for the holiness that God is creating in us by means of His grace and...
Suffering (Gratitude and Growth)
“Gratitude is not about gritting your teeth and saying things are fine when they are not. Rather, true gratitude involves acknowledging...
Flourishing
“…even if we have spent time pursuing our deepest desires through the means that were not set up by God, even if we have become addicted...
Suffering (Accepting or Avoiding It)
“We know that the Lord is anointed by the Father so that He may actualize the kingdom of life in this world through His suffering and...