There is an expression that says, “They are so heavenly minded they are of no earthly use.” What it means is that there are people so wrapped up in the spiritual world that they have lost touch with the realities of life, and will not be of any earthly use. The greater danger, however, is that we can become so earthly minded that we are of no heavenly use. The demands of this life can become so preoccupying that we begin to think and act by the criterion of a secular world.
A theology of lament begins with a foundational understanding of the suffering of the Godhead before it is about my suffering; of the grief...
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your...
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only...