SACRAMENTAL LIVING

“One of the reasons that we “never get it right,” is that getting it right is the wrong question – the wrong approach to our life,...

“ ‘If you love me, you will obey my commandments [John 14:15]…Obedience is the proof of genuine love.” (NET Bible, John 14:15) “But our...

“Those who stop short of love, hindered by legalism, miss the message of the cross…Legalism does not understand the nature of divine...

“...all introspection is in one respect misleading. In introspection we try to look “inside ourselves” and see what is going on. But...

“Our first encounter with Him is through faith. Faith opens the door of the soul, so that Christ can enter. Faith receives Him, subjects...

“…humanity was created immortal and incorruptible, though not inherently immortal and self-sustaining (only God is so). Humanity is...

“God is not just Father of the divine Word, but stepfather to all who are baptized. God is not just a friend in Christ, but the...

" 'In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all of own possessions' (Luke 10:33). The...

“By holding on so tightly to our sense of self, we choked God, strangling him, and put him to death. ‘But,’ you might ask, ‘can God die?’...

“There is within every human person gold and silver and mud and dross. Life in this age has been given to us for repentance and the...