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The Unknown God Revealed In Christ

When Paul went to Athens, he preached at Mars Hill; he explained to those willing...

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The Illusion Of Perfection And The Path To True Holiness

Perfection is humble and modest. Every time we assume perfection for ourselves, and then judge...

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The More We Apprehend Of God, The Greater God Becomes For Us

God is incomprehensible; the more we apprehend of God, the more we will perceive God’s...

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Toxic Masculinity And The Distortion Of God’s Image

God transcends gender distinctions. Those who try to imprison God within gender boundaries, such as...

July 09, 2026

God’s Unwavering Love For A Fallen Yet Good World

Everything which has been made, the whole of creation and its parts, were made good....

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Faith As Action: Connecting With Divine Truth

God is one, and God is one in a way which transcends all human comprehension....

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Choosing Between The Fire Of Love Or Hate

Our God is a consuming fire (cf. Heb. 12:29; Deut. 4:24); we can either join...

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Reflections For Lent 2026 Part Two: Humanity

There are two accounts of the creation of humanity in Genesis. While they have elements...

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Atheism As A Response To Bad Christianity

Atheism is a challenge for Christians, not in an apologetical sense, but rather, in the...

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Reflections For Lent 2026 Part One: Creation

Everything begins with God: God is “in the beginning” which is without end, that is,...

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My Engagements With World Religions: Reflections (One)

My engagements with Judaism and Islam have taught me many things, some which are theological,...

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Love, Worship, And The True Purpose Of Life

In his letters, J.R.R. Tolkien explained to Camilla Unwin what he thought life was about:...

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Feminine Representation In Theology: A Call For Balance

God is without gender, and yet, we appropriate and apprehend God through various metaphors, various...

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Liberation From Evil: God’s Promise Of Redemption

What God created is good; this is why, though sometimes we speak in ways contrary...

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Beyond Words: The Challenge Of Describing The Divine

It is important to remember the limitations of human language, and with it, the limitations...

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Finding Truth In Other Religions: A Call For Openness

Bede Griffiths, beginning his Christian commentary on the Gita, justified his work, in part, based...

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Defending The Common Good Against Mammon

We can’t serve God and mammon. The two lead us in two radically different directions....

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Transcending Gender: God Beyond Masculine And Feminine

One common hermeneutic mistake many readers of Scripture (and the Christian theological tradition) make is...

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The Gospel In Action: Healing, Love, And Community Care

Jesus was an itinerant preacher; he went to the people so that not only would...

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How I Learned To Give God A Name

I became a Byzantine Catholic in my junior year of college. At that time, and...

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To Know Ourselves We Need To Know Ourselves As Persons

We are called to know ourselves, for in knowing ourselves, we will come to know...

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The Paradox of Truth: Many Paths Leading To One God

The absolute truth, the truth which can be described as the divine reality from which...

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God’s Hands: Understanding Divine Symbolism

One ancient heresy which was common among those who read Scripture very simply, very literally,...

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We are not to worship creation, but the Creator. This does not mean we are...

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The Interplay of Kataphatic And Apophatic Theology

God is both transcendent and immanent, transcending all things and yet found in and able...

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How Community Shapes Our Understanding Of The Truth

Christianity teaches us something special about God, something which a few pre-Christian philosophers (such as...

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The Call to Salvation: God’s Desire For Everyone

God desires for the salvation of all. Jesus said it best, he was sent by...

January 2025

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God’s Commitment To The Material Universe

Christianity teaches us that the world (that is, universe) we live in is good because...

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