The Power of God’s Grace
“Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24) By talking about the flesh as weak, useless, and captive, St. Paul drives home the point that we cannot…
Category: Religion
For the Wages of Sin is Death
“So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to…
Do not become a slave to sin
“Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads…
The Social Character of Sin
“As sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men.” (Romans 5:12) There is a common adage that when oil touches one finger, it spreads…
St. Luke, the Evangelist
“For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you;…
Heaven is not cheap: are you willing to pay the price?
“Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.” (Mark 10:43-44) Once upon a time, a popular musician sang: “We all want…
Heaven is not cheap: are you willing to pay the price?
“Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.” (Mark 10:43-44) Once upon a time, a popular musician sang: “We all want…