Freedom
“But we hear the word limit in much the same way we hear the word quiet: as a form of subtraction, a curtailment of what could or ought to be ours. We despise it as old-fashioned, a diminishment of personal freedom,…But what is freedom to begin with? Something boundless we’re born with, innate to human existence? Are we truly free, mired as we are in nurture and inheritance, the strictures of our time, the limits of science? Or is freedom a gift, something we do not own and c
Family and Relationships
“A conference participant once asked the speaker, "What is the best way for a father to love his children?" The speaker replied, "The best way for a father to love his children is to love their mother." I reflect often upon that superbly accurate statement. And I think the reverse is equally true: the best way a mother can love her children is to love their father. More than anything else in the world, children need a loving family and parents who support each other, even if
"God's Absence"
“All things that exist, bad and good, only do exist because God’s uncreated energy, His grace, binds and fulfills and sustains...
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...
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,...
God's Will vs Self Will
“…sin lies in the direction of the will…A person sins when he looks upon his life as if it belonged only to him…It is necessary for...
Suffering (Finding God Within It)
“All of the writings in the New Testament clearly presume that suffering is universal – everyone suffers. There is no teaching in the New...
God's Nature/Our Nature
“It is very interesting that…it is only when God “empties himself” for the life of the world, that He actually takes on being. Before...
Human Nature
“Human life consists of two components: one is internal, invisible, and the other external, visible. The first is all the spiritual...
Truth
“Facts are those things that are objectively verifiable—the boiling point of water, the diameter of the Earth, and so on. But even though...