RSS FeedTHE ANSWER TO OUR DEEPEST NEEDS
“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:32) The good news of Jesus is that God did all that he could to meet our real needs. God demonstrated his astounding love...
LIFE IS A BATTLE AND GOD GIVES US THE VICTORY IN JESUS
Icon of St. George slaying the dragon This is Paul’s peroration in Romans 8: the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up and emphatic recapitulation. “What, then, shall we say in response to this?” (Romans 8:31) St. Paul has been arguing that...
WE NEVER KNOW IN THIS LIFE WHY ANYTHING HAPPENS TO US
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) How can God work for the good of those who love him in the midst of tragedy? How can trials be occasions of joyfulness? How can...
CICERO ON OLD AGE
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), the Roman statesman and philosopher was once asked to address the subject of old age. He had no time for those who complained about their old age. Their fault was one of character, not of years. “Old men who exercise self-discipline,...
SUFFERING AS SOUL MAKING
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28 NIV) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God.” Or “works together with those who love him to...
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEECH
I came across this prayer of Michel Quoist as I was packing my books. It expresses what I often think as I prepare to preach, and when I am told to keep silent. Speech is God’s gift. We shall have to account for it. It is through words that we communicate with each...
THE SUFFERING OF CREATION
One of the most difficult challenges to faith is to be found in the suffering of the world. Skeptics ask, “How can a good God permit such terrible suffering? If he is good and powerful he would prevent it. If he doesn’t prevent such suffering he is either not good, or...
AN ENTHRALLING HISTORICAL PAGE-TURNER
I want to introduce you to one of the most enthralling works of literature that I have ever read. Between 1883 and 1888 Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote his trilogy: WITH FIRE AND SWORD, THE DELUGE, and FIRE IN THE STEPPE, for which he deservedly received the Nobel Prize in...
DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
SOUL FOOD: DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR THE HUNGRY, Volume 3: July, August and September is available on Amazon.com. It covers Independence Day, the Gospel Miracles, the "I AM's" of Jesus, Second Timothy, the Sermon on the Mount, Selected Psalms, the Parables of Jesus, and the...
LIBERATION FROM DECAY
Some of the most fundamental questions of human existence are “How do we make sense of the world around us? What is going on in the universe?” The teaching of the Bible and the perspective of Christian faith provides a map of reality that enables us to discover clues...
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