"What is distinctive in the biblical text is the conviction that there is a profound and indissoluble unity between the knowledge of reason and the knowledge of faith. The world and all that happens within it, including history and the fate of peoples, are realities to be observed, analysed and assessed with all the resources of reason, but without ( Read more... )

"I have been treated mercifully, and the grace of our Lord has been
granted me in overflowing measure." -1 Timothy 1:13-14

Most of us believe we're forgiven. At least we know it in our heads. We
may feel it a little in our hearts. Yet how many have experienced and
realized the fullness of our heavenly Father's forgiveness? How many of us
have ever ( Read more... )

You shake your head
What is so hard to believe?
When you are in your bed
I sing over you the sweetest things

Because oh, My love does not tire
I'm awake when the moon is full
And I know the times when you feel lost
And you just aren't sure

Lo and behold
My love hasn't grown cold
For you

You cold steal away in the middle of the night
And hide in ( Read more... )

"...moved as you are by the hope held in store for you in
heaven." -Colossians 1:4

How does a Christian keep keepin' on in the midst of trials and
persecutions? Hope. How can we have the courage to face death for the sake
of the gospel? Hope. How can we rejoice even in adversity and consider it
a privilege to suffer for Jesus' sake? Hope. "In hope we ( Read more... )

"Brothers and sisters ( Read more... )

LOVE WINS.

Now, the question is whether I want to face my fear of auditions and possibly look like an idiot (or possibly get involved in something I've always wanted to do), or let my fear get the best of me and not try. Hmmm...

I cannot put into words how much I love weather like today. I love how a simple white blanket of snow transforms a weary earth into something so beautiful and incandescently heavenly that it nearly brings tears to my eyes.

Her face is a map of the world ( Read more... )

****RANDOM BUT IMPORTANT QUESTION ( Read more... )