God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.
Stanley Hauerwas
Our sin is exactly the presumption that we can know God or ourselves through our own capacities.
Whatever it means for us to exist, we do so as creatures created, as the universe has been created, to glorify God.
Though the world may often appear to be more charitable than the church, it is crucial to remember that, for the church, the care of the poor cannot... →
To know God's name is to know God.
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My mother had heard the story of Hannah and Samuel, so she prayed that if God would give her a son, she would give that son to God. That was a... →