It is not so much sin that plunges us into disaster, as rather despair (John Chrysostom)
Revelation 21:7-8 – “The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8But as for the cowardly (timid, fearful), the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, [...]
In the atmosphere of contemporary Western Christianity, when someone voices a lament with the intensity frequently found in the Psalms, it is not uncommon for them to be looked at aghast or derided for their deficient faith and concept of God, which has produced such a so-called absence of trust. “If you really knew who [...]
The most significant aspect of being a prophetic voice is deeply knowing and clearly articulating the heart of God.
From the time when a major natural disaster strikes, one can hold their breath until people have quickly announced that such a tragedy (which incidentally, happened in a place far, far away and did not remotely touch [...]
The Biblical discussion of the concepts of “flesh” and “spirit” are highly problematic for several reasons. “Flesh” is one of the grand enemies of the Christian, along with the “world” (another problematic term) and the “devil” (yet another problematic term…). Hence the Christian must “war against the flesh.” As long as this remains theoretical, no [...]
Last night, I read an article in which the author asserted the notion that all suffering in the world has a divine purpose. This is not in the sense that God works good in all things (Rom. 8:28), but that God specifically plans and ordains all evil events as good, so far as to [...]
