Cross
“The Cross is not so much something we did to Jesus as it is something He did for us. It is voluntary. It is revelatory. The Cross makes...
Holy Spirit
“Because the early Church treated the entire period from Pascha-Ascension-Pentecost as one 50 day feast, they did not separate the...
Light
“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the...
Effort
“God . . . set no limits for any of us on the spiritual plane . . . We are called to eternal life in the Kingdom of our Father which is...
Stubbornness
“Real hardness of heart, in the Bible use of the phrase, means stubbornness of will…A hardened heart is useless as a hardened lump of...
Outcomes
“We are obsessed with control, yet there is no nobility in doing something when you know exactly what the outcome will be. That’s why...
Intellect and Intelligence
“The natural tendency of human beings is to think their way away from God…Intellectual pride, rationalizations, and excuses all keep...