I think the definition of spiritual growth is going from having thin skin and a hard heart to having thick skin and a tender heart.
04254 – Spiritual Growth Defined
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03291 – Truth & Love
Truth becomes hard if it is not softened by love; love becomes soft if it is not strengthened by truth.
01073 – The Purpose of Christ’s Ascension
There is no need to doubt the literal nature of Christ’s ascension, so long as we realize its purpose. It was not necessary as a mode of departure for “going to the Father” did not involve a journey in space and presumably he could simply have vanished as on previous...
00795 – Worship is a Rational Activity
Worship is not a mindless exercise. First and foremost, worship is a rational activity. It arises from careful reflection on who God is (in the infinite glory of His being) and what He has done… Worship without theology is bound to degenerate into idolatry; hence, the...
00693 – God is Worthy of Our Worship
Worship is right because God is worthy of it; it is the best of all antidotes to our own self-centeredness, the most effective way to “disinfect us of egotism,” as one writer put it long ago. In true worship we turn the searchlight of our mind and heart upon God and...
00671 – The Christian Life: Unending Festival of Praise
The Christian community is a community of the cross, for it has been brought into being by the cross, and the focus of worship is the Lamb once slain, now glorified. So the community of the cross is a community of celebration, a Eucharistic community, ceaselessly...