Category: alive in Christ

Augustine tells of a vision of seeing a little boy at a beach scooping up the ocean thimbleful by thimbleful and emptying it out on the sand. Then he …

Always be cautious about invoking the “God is in control” card. Of course He is. But, it is His card to play, not ours. Personal responsibility matters. A lot. …

This is true joy in life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a …

I have always been filled with the fires of the love of a God not old, and now to this has been joined the passion of the love of …

Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance …

The Lord greatly loves the repenting sinner and mercifully presses him to His bosom: “Where were you, My child? I was waiting a long time for you.” The Lord …

I regard myself as the most wretched of all men, stinking and covered with sores, and as one who has committed all sorts of crimes against his King. Overcome …

I think one may be quite rid of the old haunting suspicion—which raises its head in every temptation—that there is something else than God—some other country . . . …