Caravaggo - The Calling of Saint Matthew Pain is our body’s way signaling injury or damage. Treatment of a severe injury calls for the attention of a good physician. Prudence pauses at the unpleasant sensation of pain to consider the problem. Imprudence ignores the symptom altogether. Luke tells of penitent tax collectors coming to grips … Continue reading The Call of Levi: Why Did Jesus Eat with Sinners and Tax Collectors?
If God exists, why Doesn’t He Show Himself?
“If God was one of us” from the old tune “One of Us” ponders nothing about religion per se, but of experiences that rattle one’s worldview. Happenings that alter our basic perception of ultimate reality. But what if God stood next to you, would you notice? Would you care? Would you be pleased or appalled? … Continue reading If God exists, why Doesn’t He Show Himself?
The Son of God battles Satan in the Desert: Jesus Victorious
Christ in the Wilderness - Ivan Kramskoy, 1872 Deserts are places of solitude. Very few people traverse these arid, rocky, and barren places. But the desert wilderness of the lower Jordan valley is where the Son of God faces off against Satan. Jesus being “full of the Holy Spirit” was “led by the Spirit in … Continue reading The Son of God battles Satan in the Desert: Jesus Victorious
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