God's Giving
“God gave us a mind in order that we might learn and receive help from Him, not in order that the mind should be self-sufficient. Eyes...
Rejecting God
“Jesus now describes the guilt of the world. He came to these people with both words (15:22) and sign-miracles (15:24), yet they remained...
Prayer and Virtue
“There are two ways in which the prayer of a righteous man is effective. The first is when the person praying does so by offering to God...
Mind of Christ
“St. Paul called “that mindset which was in Christ Jesus,” the phronema Christou (Phil. 2.5).”…Our phronema is our mindset, but mental...
God's Will (Always is Done)
“God works invisibly beneath our actions to deal with desperate circumstances. He uses our striving to face troubles and perils to carry...
Compulsion
“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...
Interior/Inner Life
“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...
Righteousness
“Man follows his desire. One can even say that man is desire, and this fundamental psychological truth about human nature is acknowledged...
Reconciliation
“It is that divine initiative, that self-offering by God Himself, which elicits from us faith manifested as repentance and good deeds....
Holy People
“ ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who...
