Unity
“Christ brings to an end all the divisions which have separated humans…Christ brings together all things (symbol [symbolos]) bringing to...
Failure
“…we see in Paul’s words, “Scripture confined all under sin” (Galatians 3:22). The Greek word “confined” comes from the root “to shut up...
Repentance (Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions)
“Repentance is to do the works of God rather than the works of the devil. Sin is much more a state of being, a demonic force, than it is...
Suffering (Finding God Within It)
“I was shocked by my suffering, because I hadn’t reckoned with the real fallenness of the world, and I wonder if my shock is a common one...
Purpose
“It should be common knowledge (though it is not) that the whole of our purpose in this life is communion with God, and, together with...
Holy Spirit
“Because the early Church treated the entire period from Pascha-Ascension-Pentecost as one 50 day feast, they did not separate the...
Stewardship and Creation
“…mankind’s God-given mission is set forth: “Let them have dominion over . . . all the earth” (Genesis 1:28). Respect and care for God’s...
Transcendence
“…our age is haunted. On the one hand, we live under a brass heaven, ensconced in immanence. We live in the twilight of both gods and...
Sin, Nature, and Will
“The worst conclusion to draw is the notion of a “sin nature” (a horrible theological error). A “nature” (by definition) is “what a thing...
Spiritual Blindness and Deafness
“There are both different degrees of blindness as well as different kinds of blindness. There is physical blindness in which the eyes...