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Screwtape twists the gift of pleasure: Never forget that when
Screwtape twists the gift of pleasure: Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are,...

The sacraments have been given to us in order to stimulate our
The sacraments have been given to us in order to stimulate our faith. In fact, they are means of grace mainly because they are means to faith. And the...

If the first and lowest operation of pain shatters the illusion
If the first and lowest operation of pain shatters the illusion that all is well, the second shatters the illusion that what we have, whether good or ...

God chose you from the beginning for salvation ... God called you
God chose you from the beginning for salvation ... God called you through the gospel for glory. There is nothing narrow-minded about the apostle Paul...

Let me develop a little parable. It uses flight as a picture of
Let me develop a little parable. It uses flight as a picture of freedom and seeks to characterize (not, I hope, caricature) the essential difference ...

The Answer to Prayer Just type the word “prayer” into an
The Answer to Prayer Just type the word “prayer” into an internet search engine as I did the other day and you’ll find almost 100 million diffe...

Romans 7:5-6 In the further contrast which Paul now paints
Romans 7:5-6 In the further contrast which Paul now paints between our old and our new lives (*when we were...But now*, reminiscent of 6:20, 22), h...

The Pharisaic spirit still haunts every child of Adam today. It
The Pharisaic spirit still haunts every child of Adam today. It is easy to be critical of Christs contemporaries and miss the repetition of their vai...

We need to listen again to the biblical criticism of religion. No
We need to listen again to the biblical criticism of religion. No book, not even by Marx and his followers, is more scathing of empty religion than t...