and we can trust that these things we go through are being used for our perfecting. Suffering builds our character. We develop perseverance as we go through the many rivers and valleys of life. God wastes nothing. Not one hard moment in your life has been wasted. You may not see what ...
First, inthe parable of the seed, the sower scatters the seed and then does nothing more. That’s his only role – to scatter seed. Then, spontaneously or (in the Greek) automatically the seeds grow. It is in their nature to grow, once they have been scattered. So the man goes to ...
namely the principle of the Development of Doctrine, Because Sacred Scripture is the Word of God written using the words of men, it cannot fully express the divine ideas that God is trying to convey, at least not explicitly. Instead
He says, “There is nothing we can offer God, but the willingness to be used of Him. [God says], ‘I have called each and every one of you to be used of Me equally. It doesn’t matter that you don’t have riches, or strength, or popularity, or fame or influence; you have Me...
Inside work is the work I understand God has called me to do, quite plainly in Scripture. Inside work is accomplished with the tools and talents He has gifted me with, and done for His purposes in faith, even if I cannot see the results of that work in the time frame I hope for or...
Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'" 5 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set...
Scripture and Co-Redemption From the outset we must admit that in a certain sense that there are other “co-redeemers” found in Sacred Scripture. God Himself speaks of Abraham as a co-Redeemer when, through his obedient “yes”, God promises to “bless all the nations of the earth” (...
we shall certainly become holy in those surroundings in which he has placed us. Let us will always and ever only what God wills; for so doing, he will press us to his heart. To this end let us familiarize ourselves with certain texts of sacred scripture that invite us to unite ourselves...
Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.English Standard VersionAnd do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I...
Matthew, the Jesus character is Sophia incarnate while in the first chapter of John the famous phrase “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with god and the word was god (1 John 1), was taken from a hymn to Sophia and appended to the scripture to speak of the Jesus ...