If we are to have real faith, we must study the Word of God and discover what is promised. Then, we must simply believe the promises of God. Trying to believe something that you want to believe is not...
Not only did Jesus purposefully enter the wilderness on a regular basis but historically, God seems to prefer meeting with man in these desert regions.
(n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
Jesus has to become real to us. We need to court him and get to know him better. Go on some dates with the Lord.
King was a transformed person. Evil was no longer a theory.
The free man does what he likes in his working time and in his spare time what is required of him. The slave does what he is obliged to do in his working time and what he likes only when he is not at...
If I am to have faith when I pray, I must find some promise in the Word of God to rest my faith on
Why do so many today want to wander off to South Africa or Kenya or India or Russia or Honduras or Costa Rica or Peru to help with justice issues but not spend the same effort in their own neighborhoo...
Belief and confusion are not mutually exclusive; I believe that belief gives you the direction in the confusion. But you don't see the full picture. That's the point. That's what faith is. You can't s...
The world commands our desire for purity but bids that we not be too precise about it.
The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.
Much of our understanding of God's action in outlying is achieved in hindsight. When a particular crisis or event in our life has passed we cry out in astonishment like Jacob, "The Lord is in this pla...
Never go into venture capital if you want a peaceful life.
He assumed that the shape of renewal is death and resurrection.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend, so I figure I better get moving.
The overemphasis on standardized tests forces teachers to teach the same restricted, unintuitive curriculum. Longtime educator Brent Evans has said that today's schools are organized as assembly lines...
The Roman Church has grown and grown, fueled by immigration but also renewed by two pontiffs who have seemed to understand what Tocqueville knew: People want guidance for their souls once they are con...
Jesus did not command us to "develop" leaders. He commanded us to make "disciples". The world "develops" leaders, the Church "disciples" them. The two are not the same.
With passion you want to possess. The conversion of passion into compassion is the whole problem of marriage.
although the stress response was involuntary, the relaxation response required practice.[6]
People who live according to the pure code of honor are not governed by the profit motive; they are governed by the thymotic urge, the quest for recognition. They seek the sort of glory that can be wo...
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