“I am prepared, first because of the goodness and grace of God, who wants me to be saved (2 Peter 3:9). It all started when He brought conviction of sin upon me through the Holy Spirit and led me to confess and turn away from a life of sin. His death on the cross for my s...
Let’s explore these verses step by step, drawing inspiration and understanding from each one. Verse 12: “Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,” John, the author of Revelation, begins by describing his response to a ...
Reflecting on a Scripture passage to understand what God intends to communicate Oratio Address God using words from the scriptures upon which you have meditated Contemplatio To simply and silently rest in the presence of God. Magisterium The official teaching authority of the church Covenant A solemn...
While there are pockets of people here from every place on the planet, and while it may take generations for assimilation to fully take place, most are eventually absorbed in our culture and adopt our ways of thinking. The lone exception is the Jews who cling tenaciously to their faith, ...
“I am prepared, first because of the goodness and grace of God, who wants me to be saved (2 Peter 3:9). It all started when He brought conviction of sin upon me through the Holy Spirit and led me to confess and turn away from a life of sin. His death on the cross for my s...
case when he saw man’s wickedness and decided to flood the earth, then start over with Noah’s family.“The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth and his heart was filled with pain.”He was also grieved about King Saul turning away from him and by Saul’s disobedience...
From there on out sanctification unfolds as a continuing process by which a believer is made really and personally righteous in his behavior and character as the influence of sin is weakened and the influence of grace is strengthened; and in this the Word of God and the indwelling Holy Spirit...
Would the world stopped turning? Of course not. Lenten sacrifices can help us see that we are stronger and less dependent on “things” then we may have thought. When I started giving up imaginings for 40 days, I discovered that I could think on those big things without the fictional ...
sin, which much so-called orthodox teaching has indulged in. But if you will only remove from that word ‘anger’ the mere human associations which cleave to it, of passion on the one hand, and of a wish to hurt its object on the other, then you cannot, I think, deny to the ...
“On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphra’tes, the land of the Ken’ites, the Ken’izzites, the Kad’monites, the Hittites, the Per’izzites, the Reph’aim,...