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February 06, 2022

The Lesson Of The Tax Collector And The Pharisee

Jesus, throughout his temporal ministry, presented a picture of God which many, including Christians, have...

November 2021

November 22, 2021

The Ruler And Jesus: A Lesson About The Good

Once, Jesus was called good by someone seeking to flattery him. Not only did Jesus...

November 08, 2021

Engaging The Common Good Is One Way For Us To Show Our Love For God

St. Thomas Aquinas, understanding that God is the beginning and the end of every particular...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

The Serpent In The Garden And Theosis

Those who engage evil present themselves as good. They embrace elements of the good, elements...

October 04, 2021

St. Jerome And Origen

One of St. Jerome’s sources for his theological writings, especially his commentaries on Scripture, was...

October 03, 2021

Contingent Beings

We are contingent beings. No matter how great we become in the world, all that...

September 2021

September 17, 2021

We Are Called To Join Ourselves To The Humanity Of God

Already and not yet – the eschaton is already with us, the kingdom of God...

August 2021

August 23, 2021

Nothing, Not Even Hell, Is Outside Of God

Nothing lies outside of God’s presence, for God is the transcendent reality in which all...

August 22, 2021

To Honor God Through Love

God is love. Where love is found, an image and likeness of God is also...

August 10, 2021

God And The Diversity Of Religions

Does God exist? When people ask this question, they ask it in a general sense,...

July 2021

July 20, 2021

The Image And Likeness of God In All Things

When we are told that humanity is made in the image and likeness of God...

July 07, 2021

God Loves The Good Within All Of Us

Whatever is good, whatever is borne out of love, is loved by God. Even if...

June 2021

June 27, 2021

The Same God

Every so often, someone asks, “Do Christians, Muslims, and Jews worship the same God”? If...

June 24, 2021

Faith, Hope, and Knowledge

God desires that everyone should be saved (cf. 1 Tim. 2:4). Balthasar suggests this is...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

Uncreated Energies. Part Seven: Conclusion

The distinction between God’s nature and energy (or energies), between God’s essence and God’s activity,...

May 17, 2021

Uncreated Energies. Part Five: Partakers of the Divine Nature

God reaches out towards us, indeed engages us so that we can become partakers of...

May 12, 2021

Uncreated Energies. Part Four: Divine Simplicity

The plurality of God’s works with creation, the plurality of the divine energies, do not...

May 10, 2021

Uncreated Energies. Part Three: The Distinction Between Essence and Energy

What we know of God, we know through God’s energies, that is, God’s operations. We...

May 05, 2021

Uncreated Energies. Part Two: The Light of Truth

God, the unapproachable light of truth, draws us in; the more we engage the light,...

May 03, 2021

Uncreated Energies. Part One: The Light of God

The divine nature’s transcendence leads to all kinds of paradoxes for us when we try...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

Earth Day 2021

The story of Balaam should serve us all as a warning this Earth Day. Balaam,...

April 14, 2021

Christians Should Learn From The Jews

Jesus, talking to St. Photina, was clear: God had a special relationship, not only with...

March 2021

March 29, 2021

Grace, Theosis, And The Uncreated Energy Of God

“God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods...

March 19, 2021

Immanent And Economic Trinity

In God's engagement with history, God is revealed as a Trinity. This revelation, the way...

February 2021

February 28, 2021

St Gregory Palamas And The Uncreated Energies Of God

God, by nature, is simple. God has no parts. Likewise, God, by nature, is incomprehensible...

January 2021

January 13, 2021

Nothing Apart From God

“For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself”...

December 2020

December 27, 2020

Even With Revelation, There Will Be Questions And Difficulties

God can and does work in mysterious ways; this is because God is so great,...

December 15, 2020

Outside The Box

We often like to get in routines. Even our worship can get caught up in...

October 2020

October 14, 2020

Simple Prayer

Prayer can come in many forms, but what is important is to realize, when we...

October 13, 2020

Sin and Its Consequences

Any particular sin we commit, will, by its nature, be limited in potential, and so,...

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