Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God.
01866 – What is Sin?
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01865 – Silent Prayer
The more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life. Silence gives us a new outlook on everything. We need silence in order to touch others. The essential thing is not what we say, but what God says to us and through us. God is always waiting...
01863 – Our Harmonious Universe
If we had a microscope powerful enough, we could see that electrons, quarks, neutrinos, etc. are nothing but vibrations on minuscule loops resembling rubber bands. If we pluck the rubber band enough times and in different ways, we eventually create all the known...
01858 – Pleasing God through Worship
In worship we often fail to remember that God is the primary audience. We are not to design worship to please a crowd. We engage in worship in order to please God.
01857 – Doubt Can Lead to Faith
Before doubt, I thought that faith was a matter of correct beliefs. My religious teachers taught me so: that if I didn’t hold the right beliefs, or at least say that I held them, I would be excommunicated from my community, and perhaps, after death, from God’s...
01849 – Worship & Justice
In the Hebrew Bible God says, "I reject your worship because of your lack of justice." God never says, "I reject your justice because of your lack of worship."
01844 – Beliefs Excuse Cruelty?
Cruel men believe in a cruel God and use their belief to excuse their cruelty.-------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: Cruel people believe in a cruel God and use their belief to excuse their cruelty.
01842 – Questions or Answers?
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
01833 – Submitting Ourselves as Instruments of Righteousness
I submit my tongue as an instrument of righteousness when I make it bless them that curse me and pray for them who persecute me, even though it "automatically" tends to strike and wound those who have wounded me. I submit my legs to God as instruments of righteousness...
01824 – Invitation to Discover New Life with Jesus
Jesus entered as he did, where he did, doing what he did, because God needed us to finally comprehend the truth: God is not a sky king who heads an empire; God is the love that gives itself away for the sake of more love. Jesus could only communicate that point by...