Your Reality will become what You embrace.

2 Corinthians 6:17). We are called to come out from the catacombs of intimidation, as well as from the defilement of the world — and to stand as beacons of God's truth, regardless of opposition or backlash.

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.

If you try to please everyone you'll please no one.

Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be. And anything else you do is sin and you need to repent of it.

The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn't interpreted, then it can't be put into action. So if we are serious about following God, then we have to interpret the Bible. It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says. We must first make decisions about what it means at this time, in this place, for these people.

The most oft-cited line of Newman's An Essay on the Development of Doctrine is situated in this context: "In a higher world it may be otherwise; but here below, to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often." So indeed, Pope John's Newman-like image of the "flourishing garden of life" effectively holds off a stuffy traditionalism.

am persuaded that theology and spirituality are fundamentally one. The more we know about God, the more our lives change. In these articles and sermons, I try to show some practical implications of Christian doctrine. In section five, "The Way of Nonviolence," I have brought together articles that center around the theme of

For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise.

Looking back, you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life, and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again.