What keeps so many people in church, in the Christian community? The answer is simple—and a little sad. For some, it’s family and social ties. “My whole family’s in church, so of course I’m there too. Wouldn’t want to be the odd one out.” Family is like a spiderweb: tug…
We eat only for the present moment. No one has breakfast for next month or eats lunch for their future old age. We’re hungry right now, and right now we go looking for food. The body’s law is amazingly simple, and that’s exactly what Jesus drew on when He said…
For many Christians, the parable Jesus told about the shrewd manager who was about to be fired for embezzlement is baffling. Commentators often struggle to explain His words. Were it not for the context in Luke’s Gospel—which clearly warns about the danger of loving money—Christians might even take this parable…
One evening, as a soft rain pattered against the café windows, two elderly men struck up a chance conversation while sharing a wooden table by the glass. It was the end of a long workweek, and both looked weary, each nursing a steaming cup of coffee. At first, it was…
Paul’s teaching on the “sinful death of humanity in Adam” is that every individual has lost direction, lost connection with God, and become corrupted. Yet each person still retains certain capacities that allow them, to greater or lesser degrees, to perceive the Divine light. In Catholic tradition (Augustine, Thomas Aquinas)…
Religion is often viewed as an exhibition of sacred artifacts, or salvation imagined as the outcome of a courtroom verdict. Yet Jesus, in His teaching, offered a very different picture: one that was dynamic and alive, deeply connected to the rhythms of living nature. “I am the true vine, and…
A soldier is not a free man and is often cruel. The commander gives orders, and the soldier does. On that memorable spring day, the procurator ordered the soldiers to beat Yeshua. After numerous beatings, Jesus was crowned with thorns, dressed in a bright red cloak and led out to…
The Big Five model—one of the most widely recognized theories of personality in academic psychology—is used in scientific research, HR and coaching, and psychotherapy as a fundamental tool for understanding human nature. But what if we apply this model to the personality of Jesus? The five core traits are: Openness…
Today it is impossible to imagine understanding Christianity without such quotes from Paul: “we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death,” “we were buried with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,…
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Our planet is Earth. On its surface the oceans roar, forests grow, the seasons change, cities arise and whole civilizations come into being. People love and hate, build homes, make discoveries, are born and die. It seems that everything most important happens right here. But all this life exists only because of an invisible center…
Imagine a ring on your finger. As long as it stays on your finger, it belongs to you. If one day the ring slips into the grass, you can lose it in an instant. That is how many people imagine salvation: as a precious object. Some fear dropping it, others are convinced it cannot be…
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