In other words, if the sacraments, now distilled into ordinances, were no longer salvifically efficacious, or at least dependent on the spiritual grace of personal conversion, then what means were available to ensure and assure that sinners had passed from "death unto life?" For many evangelical...
preposition, it implies divine choice as used in the choosing by God of Abraham, Israel (Deut 7:7), the Levites (Deut 18:5; 1 Chr 15:2; 2 Chr 29:11), and David (1Sam 10:24; 16:8-10). In this form, it is also used for man‟s choice of his ways as found in Prov 3...
Under the Law of Moses, the sinner does not merit his forgiveness, it is the priest that brings atonement on behalf of the sinner. In fact, we are told in the Torah that the priest consumes a part of the sacrifice for the purpose of bearing sin and then going before God to make ato...
It is the human spirit, as originally endowed by grace, that can discern and hear God's summons into authentic community, in which mutual flourishing is possible and the plentiful creation is the scene of joyful and peaceful begetting, laboring, sharing, and friendship. As spiritual being, a...
To deny any redemptive aspects of the general revelation suggests denial of God's all-encompassing grace as knowledge of God is not restricted to special revelation. The Scripture asserts that God desires all men to be saved, therefore, to limit His sphere of knowing Him only through the ...
This will help unite you more personally to him or her and gain you grace to participate well in this course. If you have no Patron Saint, you can start with a prayer to Our Lady, such as the Memorare, or you can invoke the Holy Spirit ("Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of you...