Dec 20, 2012

Often in American Christian circles we’ve hear that so-and-so is struggling. Oh, no! They’re struggling with some sin or doubt or crisis; how awful! In fact it’s possible to become convinced that all our stress and pain are temporary, and when they pass we will return to a state of peace and contentment — then we’ll finally be able to...

Nov 29, 2012

Paradise is not a moral achievement – it is an ontological change.

Oct 20, 2012

When this restoration of a person to who they were created to be occurs, there is no longer any impediment to union with God. That is salvation.

Mar 12, 2012

The descent of Christ into Hades is one of the most mysterious, enigmatic and inexplicable events in New Testament history. In today’s Christian world, this event is understood differently...

Feb 2, 2012

Neither all those in the desert were saved nor all those in the world were lost...

Jan 2, 2012

Make the effort to rise from the ground. Remember the good Shepherd who will follow and rescue you. Remember the mercies of God and how He cures with oil and wine.

Nov 30, 2011

Maybe the real question is, would we recognize free will if we saw it? What we call “free will” here and now is actually a broken version of real freedom.

Oct 25, 2011

Three problems with the doctrine of satisfactionism. It assumes God has human characteristics; it makes sin to be God's problem rather than man's; and it turns salvation into something external to man, leaving him essentially unchanged.

Oct 25, 2011

How precious the gift of the Cross, how splendid to contemplate! In the Cross there is no mingling of good and evil, as in the tree of paradise: it is wholly beautiful to behold and good to taste. The fruit of this tree is not death but life, not darkness but light.

Oct 20, 2011

These three spiritual principles, or disciplines, are really a summation of the Philokalia, the collection of Orthodox Christian spiritual wisdom. And they are disciplines every single one of us can practice, no matter where we are in life...