We are caught in the in between of what we already are what we are yet to be.
We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.
(n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
God has to work in the soul in secret and in darkness because if we fully knew what was happening, and what Mystery, transformation, God and Grace will eventually ask of us, we would either try to tak...
One of the consequences of sin is that it makes the sinner pity himself instead of causing him to turn to God. One of the first signs of new life is that the individual takes sides with God against hi...
A book isn't worth reading if it's not worth discussing.
There is nothing I like better than conversing with aged men. For I regard them as travelers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom I ought to inquire whether the way is smoot...
Boethius moved from considering history from the actor's point of view to a "timeless" eternal view. From the divine perspective, nothing is ever utterly lost, because all of life is possessed by God...
I was determined to get them away from the idea that their education is a private experience.
In the context of today, this WAS heroism.
Sometimes the right thing to do will cost us our greatest sacrifices, but the rewards will always outweigh our losses
The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.
We've taken the lifeblood out of Christianity and put Kool-Aid in its place so that it tastes better to the crowds, and the consequences are catastrophic. ~Follow Me, pg. 7
There is nothing Christ dislikes more than for His people to make a showpiece of Him and not to use Him.
For a long time, I thought I was good at relationships because I was charming.
Friendship allows you to see your own life but with a second sympathetic self.
The evangelical wing of the Church spends a lot of energy on being "born again" but little time on "growing up" again. There is a failing to encourage newborn believers out of the maternity ward and i...
I'm Jewish in the way Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
In his book The Soul of Black Folks, W.E.B. DuBois writes about always feeling his twoness-- an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; to warring ideals in one dark bo...
The soul is torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does not discard the temporal because of familiarity.
Christianity is a journey not a destination
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