In the Confessions, Saint Augustine describes a depraved soul as “falling away from security in you to destruction in itself.” I like the way that Augustine puts this. When I make moral choices, I am choosing between God or self, light or … [Continue reading]
Genesis 50:20 (ESV) As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. Life in a fallen world requires a response to pain and suffering. Bad news is all … [Continue reading]
Psalm 59:16b (ESV) For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. Matthew 10:28 (ESV) 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in … [Continue reading]
Luke 18:34 (ESV) 34 But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said. Two lines of thinking present themselves to me in reaction to this verse. First, I am comforted that the men … [Continue reading]
