You could just stand there, acknowledging the precipice, reminding yourself over and over again that there is no way of knowing for certain if there is anything on the other side of the gulf, clouded and fogged as it is from your eyes. You can build a life on that solid ground… but,...
“Therefore, as I said above, if you had been a follower and assertor of Sabellianism or Arianism or any heresy you please, you might shelter yourself under the example of your parents, the teaching of your instructors, the company of those about you, the faith of your creed. I ask...
It’s a gentle invitation (the editor explicitly tells you to be gentle with yourself, not to make this yet another task to accomplish, another reason to become discouraged when we fail), but one that beckons, if for no other reason than that it’s supremely unsatisfying to leave these ...
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.Mark 12:31 In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.John 16:33 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into ...
The best way to find yourself is by looking within yourself.91% People should not criticize someone else’s life choices.89% To be fulfilled in life, you should pursue the things you desire most.86% The highest goal of life is to enjoy it as much as possible.84% ...
When we pay attention to God's theological handwriting we see that it is impossible to call yourself a Christ-follower in any sense if you do not love. Love, we have witnessed, rises up within us out of a certain orientation toward the Word and the World. Love is a way of active ...
Engaging the Bible and praying are the primary methods for developing a deepening relationship with God. While many tend to think of prayer and Bible reading as separate spiritual practices (e.g., first pray, then read the Bible), they can be even more powerful when combined into one ...
it’s the lack of integration between the gospel and the Christian life that Paul will attack in 2 Corinthians. To put it differently, we could say that Paul’s approach to Christian theology does not allow him to separate preaching Jesus Christ from living a life that arises from fellowship...
who separate the Bible from the Church, as well as to those Orthodox Christian scholars who have been unduly influenced by the modern “higher criticism” of the Bible which originated within German Protestantism—the fallacies of which are profoundly demonstrated by our modern-day Orthodox apologist...
“anal, stubborn, dominant, talking heads” and they were likewise accused of being as much themselves, which is the nature of our fallen condition and will be so until the end of time. However, Jesus didn’t hide His arguments with the Pharisees, etc., from the world. Paul didn’t ...