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Love brought this creation into being. Do you believe that? Or do you think it is simply a nice, “feel good” statement? When we say “God is love,” are we merely saying something nice about God or something that speaks to us about who God is? Is the... Read More →

Jesus offered the world full and final participation: union with God, union with neighbor, union with creation, union with oneself, and even union with enemy. The net and sweep of participation was total. Given this, it is so sad and strange that we created a Christian religion... Read More →

When the goal of a church is to get people into church services and then teach them how to invite people to come to church services, so that they in turn will bring others to more church services— that’s attendance at church services. And church is not ultimately about attending... Read More →

In Christ’s parable, a third man finally did come along, of course. He looked, really looked, and saw not just a man, a man, a man, but saw what was actually sprawled out there in the dust with most of the life whaled out of him. He bound up his wounds, set him on his own beast,... Read More →

We are human beings because we have reason, yet it is rare to find anyone who is truly reasonable, for we are usually diverted from the path of reason by self-love which leads us to do countless little dangerous, unjust, and unfair things which, like the little foxes spoken of in... Read More →