1. Conscience forces us
…to examine our actions before, during, and after we act. It constantly questions what we have done, what we are doing, and what we are about to do.
2. We have difficulty
…with surrender. So, we try to change the terms and conditions of our surrender so that they suit us better. But the terms of our surrender are nonnegotiable. Our surrender is complete and total. It requires complete and total change...
3. Internally, anger is
…a weed. Once we allow it to live anywhere within the heart, it will spread everywhere. If we allow it to grow, it will not stop until it chokes our inner life under its oppressive and life-robbing...
4. The sins
…which revolve around consumerism are the sins we do not want to do anything...
5. A passive attitude
…toward knowledge has led us to a lowest common denominator kind of Christianity. The result of this shift toward simplicity is that Christians have minimized serious thinking and settled for a shallow understanding of God, our...
Where was God when… (City of God)
It is 410 AD. Rome has been sacked by the Goths. What was called the ‘Eternal City’ and ‘The City that took the world’ was overtaken. The sacking of Rome sent a shock through the entire world. It ended...Do you remember? (Augustine’s Conf...
Much of Augustine’s Confessions Book X is a meditation on memory. In what becomes his thesis on memory, he says that in memory “I meet myself. I remember what I have done, when and where I did it, and the...The habits we think we can take with us ...
As Augustine draws closer to converting to Christianity, he cannot bring himself to let go of the habits that have developed in his heart. In fact, he says that every time he considers leaving his old way of...Are you happy? (Confessions Book VI)
In book 6 of Augustine’s Confessions, Augustine tells of how all of his pursuits were not bringing him any closer to happiness. He tells a story of a particular time he was preparing a speech that was going...Subscribe
