Posts Tagged ‘sin’
Loss is Gain
It is impossible to read the writings of Saint Paul and not be convicted every time. One benefit of the daily readings of the Church is the daily reminder of how we fall short of God’s glory. Even Saint Paul admits his loss to his spiritual children. His loss is our gain. Brethren, I count…
Read MoreChildren of God
We all come from someone. We all have a mother and father, though sometimes we may be estranged from them. As adults we remember what it ‘was like’ being children. I think maybe that is why we don’t understand what it means to be children of God. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the…
Read MoreWho’s in Charge?
If you have followed this blog for any length of time you know I dislike the expression “God is in charge.” It isn’t because I think He isn’t, but because when we say God is in charge, we want Him to take over. We get lazy when God is in charge. Today’s Gospel lesson is…
Read MoreBind Sin to Destroy Sin
A Christian’s duty is to love God more than anything else in creation, but especially more than we love ourselves. When we sin, we turn away from God and toward ourselves. When we sin, we serve something other than God, but we must destroy sin. By ‘definition’, sin means to do something (anything really) that…
Read MoreJudgment for All
We all fear judgment. As Christians we live in constant fear of being judged either by others, or especially by God. We fear judgment because we know we fall short of righteousness every day. If we are judged, we know we will surely die, so we panic. Today’s lesson from Saint Paul is more than…
Read MoreUnderstanding Sin
A popular trend in Christianity is to argue about sin. We argue about what it is, and what it is not. The funny thing is we fight about it to control the behavior of others and to justify our behavior. They sin, but we do not. If you have every been ‘there’ today’s blog is…
Read MoreWhose Side are You On?
Nobody knows the struggle of the Christian better than those who have endured in the past. Countless martyrs and witnesses of the Faith in Christ have stood against demons and the world for their faith in Christ. Every one of them endured the fight and so can you. I meet a lot of people who…
Read MoreBeware of Temptation
It is so easy we tend to forget the fight. It is so easy to think we have conquered sin because we don’t have any ‘big’ sins to confess. “Father, you know what I mean. I struggle just like everyone else. I don’t have any big sins to confess.” These are the words of someone…
Read MoreChase Away Sin
Take a moment and look around at the behavior of those around you. Is the behavior worthy of Christ? We are surrounded by people who refuse to honor Christ. Or worse, those who think they are honoring Christ while refusing to ‘give up’ their sin, so we chase them away. This is the most common…
Read MoreWhom do you serve?
In my Homage to Freedom yesterday I wrote about the freedom from sin and temptation. As much as we are thankful for the freedom we celebrated yesterday in the Unites States, we should thank God for the freedom He has granted us, but with freedom comes choices. The greatest choice we make is to join…
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