Wounding A Man, That He Might Be Healed
It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.~A.W. Tozer Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the …
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Living Like Frank A. (Francis of Assisi)
See, Christianity is not a philosophy primarily. Christianity is a relationship to this Jesus. Which is why the renewal of the Church, though it has an institutional dimension; though …
Am I Enough for You?
Whenever our Lord talked about the relation of a disciple to Himself it was in terms of mystical union: “I am the vine , ye are the branches.” We …
Avoiding Philanthropy: Go All The Way Instead
A good way to avoid the snare of empty religious activity is to appear before God every once in a while with our Bibles open to the thirteenth chapter of first …
Domine, non nisi Te
The flood of temporal things draws us after itself, but in this flood there is, as it were, a full-grown tree: our Lord Jesus Christ. He took flesh, died, …
No, The Grass Is Not Greener. Not Anywhere
The desire for possessions is dangerous and terrible, knowing no satiety; it drives the soul which it controls to the heights of evil. ~Abba Isidore of Pelusia When the …
Death by Obedience
As Elisabeth Elliot points out, not even dying a martyr’s death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross. Suddenly a …
When We Seek His Heart, We Will Find It
If a man has no worries about himself at all for the sake of love toward God and the working of good deeds, knowing that God is taking care …
