Adam & the Fall – It is “not good” – Gen. 2:15-20
God’s creeation is “not good” because the person’s creation is incomplete because the person is alone.
Kierkegaard
Jonah 4 – The Unforgiving Prophet
In his wish for death, however, Jonah is simply stating the obvious that a refusal to change is a choice for death.
Sermon on the Mount – Week 5(a) – Matt. 7:1-12
Our Christian faith forbids us from spying on the sins of others and demands that we are strict and merciless judges when it comes to our own misdeeds. – St. Nikolai Velimirović
Sermon on the Mount – Week 4(b) – Matt. 6:5-34
Do we obey the trappings of this life and become obedient to acquiring things or do we seek the Kingdom? The promise is that if we seek the Kingdom first, then everything else will fall into place
Sermon on the Mount – Week 4(a) – Matt. 6:5-34
And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Sermon on the Mount – Week 3(b) – Matt. 5:39-6:4
Just as an acorn is perfected when it grows into a mature oak, how do we obtain our perfection or chief end? For what purpose were we created and to what end do we necessarily aspire?
Sermon on the Mount -Week 3(a) – Matt. 5:38-6:4
“Only when we love without regard to the identity of the beloved can we ever waive retribution and truly love our enemies.”
– Soren Kierkegaard
Works of Love – Week 4(b) – Love Abides Forever
Even though the Beloved breaks off the relationship or fails to reciprocate the love, so long as the Lover continues to love, the love remains.
Works of Love – Week 4(a) – Love’s Like-for-Like
It is only an illusion to imagine that one himself has forgiveness, although one is slack in forgiving others.
Works of Love – Week 3(b) – Love Builds Up
Only when we presuppose the existence of love in the other do we have the foundation in which to build up the love in the other.