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The life which is in you came from God. And that God may call upon your life at any time. And because he is the Master of that life, because he is the Author of that life, because it is his and you are his, and because he is Life, when he calls, your shall … Continue reading The Life which is in You: for Holy Saturday

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46) What is the forsakeness of our Lord? What mystery does Scripture unfold here? What do these final words of our Lord teach us? They teach us to hope. For Christ was truly allowed to suffer death upon the cross. And yet, while he was allowed … Continue reading On the Forsakeness of Christ: A Good Friday Meditation

Each week, when my children come over, they ask me, “What’s the plan for today?” When I arise, do I turn to God and ask him what the plan is? Do I ask him what he would have me do? Or do I expect God simply to bless my own objectives? Do I assume that … Continue reading What’s the Plan for Today

This was created to cover material that students in Moral Philosophy I at New College Franklin would miss due to a class cancellation during the Corona Virus Pandemic. The quality is better if viewed directly in youtube. It considers the relationship between faith and reason in two parts. Part 1 explored the manner in which … Continue reading Faith and Reason: A New College Franklin Lecture

Is sanctification an upward-bound journey or more like peeling an onion (by which fault and self are more and more deeply revealed)? Perhaps being more precise in terms of anthropology might be helpful. Distinguishing between affections, appetites, and the spiritual will of a person is important, for only one of these really apprehends the good … Continue reading Two Views of Santification

If you were over someone’s house and he told you that he had a visitor…that at that very moment Jesus Christ was in his office, what would you think or feel? Would you be interested in meeting him? Might you wish even for just a glimpse of his face? In prayer, we meet  intimately with … Continue reading There is a Visitor

However one understands the sovereignty of God, one must reckon with several factors of salvation and experience: God is the Creator We continue to sin Scripture speaks of sanctification as real and as distinct from just believing more Some wonder, when will sanctification begin? Or, when will God take such and such a sin from … Continue reading God did not Create You to Take Your Life Over for You

A draft of a Paper submitted for a course at Holy Apostles College and Seminary Continue reading Principles of Science