What does the holiness of God finally require? Is it the everlasting punishment of sinners, as some have imagined, a view that has been know...

The Cross was not about a debt paid or a penalty satisfied, though some have taken passages such as Colossians 2:14, as teaching such. But...

Why is there evil and suffering in the world? Here is a different take that comes to me the more I meditate on how central Christ crucified...

The problem of the human will is not that of wills that are free but must somehow be persuaded to choose God and the good. Rather, the pro...

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,...

If he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodl...

Now the body of Christ, as I often have said, is the whole of humanity. — St. Gregory of Nyssa It is a truth of the Incarnation, in which Ch...

YES! There is divine judgment — and thank God for it! It is how God puts everything right. But the judgment and justice of God is not antith...

It is a most amazing revelation: “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.” It is clear and absolute, and perfectly...

His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly r...

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24...

Every year at Christmastime the message comes to us in many forms — in sermons, banners, carols, greeting cards, even on bumper stickers: Je...

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hel...

More random thoughts, pretty much as they come, gathered from my Twitter tweets , Facebook updates and Instagrams . About God in Christ and...

Abba, Father, Thank You, for giving us Your Son And sending us Your Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, By whom we cry out, “Abba, Father,”...

So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your sal...

Father of us all,  Who is over all things, Let the beauty of Your name, The glory of Your goodness, The faithfulness of Your l...

Will evil finally be eradicated from God’s creation, or is the best we can hope for is that it will be sequestered? Will it finally be no m...

The judgment of God is never against us, to condemn us, but is always for our good, to save us. That is a stunningly beautiful truth, thou...

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive th...