Impact
“For in a very real sense no general ‘man’ – be he American or any other – no ‘society’, no ‘culture’ has at any time truly accepted...
Faithfulness
“…remaining faithful is critical to our salvation. We cannot be faithful for a while and then abandon Christ and still expect our prior...
Forgiveness
“Christ seeks to examine within the heart of each believer. Have we embraced forgiveness of others truly? Have we embraced it in the same...
Peace
“Christ then appears through shut doors in the midst of them and tells them one thing: ‘Peace be with you.’ For these to be the first...
Seeds
“It is God’s desire that every single human be saved. God planted His truth like seeds throughout creation and in each human. Every human...
Heart (Open or Closed)
“The human heart is an unfathomable depth, the innermost place of the human being. The grace of God works mysteriously in it…spirituality...
Worldliness
“Our present-day culture is often torn between the attraction of an imaginary future in which science and such overcome all illness and...
Obedience (and Love)
“Just as Christ deepens our understanding of the Law in spiritual terms, so Saint Paul advises us to rid ourselves of all reluctance and...
Salvation
“…Chrysostom understands original sin not in terms of inherited or personal guilt but in terms of an inherited mortality that causes...
Comfort and Discomfort
“… Paul had more than his share of “tribulation.” The root of the Greek word has to do with “pressure” that presses us down. That is,...