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Conversion is the true goal of biblical law.
Do you treat God’s law as a tool for conversion or for retribution?
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How can we turn our divided hearts to God?
How can you emulate Jesus’ unwavering obedience to God?
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How can we trust others in our fallen world?
The question of trust, of giving ourselves to something outside ourselves, is quite fundamental. It goes to the nature of who we are as human beings. One might pose the question this way: Are we clams or clovers?
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Why is our prayer met with God’s silence?
Intimacy can only be shared between those who love. It cannot be summarized. Intimacy lives in silence.
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Why good things happen to bad people
Good things happen to bad people because God hopes for their transformation.
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The most dangerous Devil is the one you cannot see
If you picture a dark-winged figure tempting Jesus in the desert, you reduce the real power of evil. Why? Because you have removed the devil’s greatest advantage: the darkness of confusion.
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Ash Wednesday tells us it’s never too late to change your life
Life does not have to be this way. You don’t have to be this way. You can begin again. All that you require has been here all along. You need only return to the mystery of your own baptism.
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When we reject reality we’re also turning away from God
To live in the real, to reject illusion is to set our face toward growth and toward God.
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Jesus’ temptation reminds us to use our gifts to serve
Jesus overcame temptations to use divine grace for himself, so Christians must continue to seek God’s purpose in every gift they receive.