I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. (Gal 2:20)
Prayer is a strange thing isn’t it? I often remember, as a kid, wondering just how we were supposed to “pray without ceasing” as Paul admonishes us to do. Impossible, I know. Maybe Paul was exagerating, using some form of Semitic hyperbole. Or maybe he wasn’t…
“Prayer leads you to see new paths and to hear new [...]
Is there any division in the Christian church that isn’t a result of the I’m right your wrong argument? Most of us completly lack the grace necessary to say, “I could be wrong.” Why is it such a scary thing to think, that maybe, just maybe, the age-old positions we’ve taken may be only a human construct and not the direct [...]
"I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, [...]
Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.
from Mere Christianity
Now Faith…is the art of holding on to things your reason ‘has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. For moods will change, whatever view your reason takes. I know that by experience. Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks very improbable: but [...]