What a simple and beautiful solution to cut the red tape of recommendation bureaucracy! Instead of boosting our resumes and recommendations to appear of good character, why not just concentrate on being of good character; actually doing what we are trying to prove that we can do! Because the testimony of our actions, says Paul,…
Following Jesus, his great disciple Paul continues this dedication to evidence-based faith. This is especially clear in today’s assigned reading. ‘Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?’ Paul urges us to continuously look in the mirror of our faith. …
There are several challenging passages in the Bible where we learn what God hates. These are hard to square for all of us who know and pray to a loving God. How could God who Himself is love-hate-which seems love’s very opposite? Well just as bright light casts a shadow, so is love accompanied by…
‘Godly grief.’ That’s a phrase to memorize, post on Instagram or tattoo on your leg! These two words of St. Paul brilliantly captures the spiritual growing pains that all Christians feel as they mature into the love of God. What are the occasions for this grief? For Paul it was division in his church family.…