The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
03362 – Faith & Love
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03288 – Beautiful Music–God’s Gift
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
03163 – Good Enough?
The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.------------------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: The...
02913 – Set Christ Before You
If you want to interpret well and confidently, set Christ before you, for He is the man to whom it all applies, every bit of it.
02472 – Protection and Participation
[written during the Bubonic plague of the 1500s] I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I will fumigate, purify the air, administer medicine, and take medicine. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order to not become...
02452 – What Pain Can Do
Pain has made me a better theologian than any book I've ever read.
02142 – My Apple Tree
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
02140 – The Company of Believing People
Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live, and teach.
01829 – Life is a Process
This life, therefore, is not righteousness but growth in righteousness: not health, but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest, but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished, but it is continuing. This...
01808 – The Gospel is Not Just in the Bible Alone
God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.