- Sorrow changes things.
- It is difficult to understand the value and beauty of Christianity’s answers if you do not understand the objections.
- If you have forgotten who you used to be, you do not understand who you are.
- Often, doubt originates not in the mind, but in the heart.
- Reason and logic can tell us nothing new. They only elaborate on what we already know.
- It is great folly to teach our children that life is easy.
- It is great folly to teach our children that life is pain.
- Surprisingly, in the end, everything truly will be made right. Everything.
- Do not say, “She is in a better place.” If it is time to speak, say, “Think of how happy she is.”
- There is a thin line between accepting our finiteness and settling for inaction.
- Usually, he only needs someone to listen. However, if the problem persists, he needs advice.
- If we consider ourselves strong, we should ask: “Am I sheltered?” If we consider ourselves knowledgeable, we should ask: “Am I sheltered?”
- When we face unending frustration with life, perhaps it is time to repent of our expectations of life.
- When I read Isaiah 54, I wonder why we do not fall into the cascading beauty that the Old Testament provides like we do the New.
- If we find that we feel excluded from a group, it would be wise to ask ourselves, “Is the group excluding me, or am I excluding me?”
- The profound truth is, metaphysics is deeper than epistemology.
- Perhaps the Law’s heart is love, and the Law’s action is wisdom.
- We need community because we are weak, and others are weak.
- Maturity is being able to deal with the sin of another.
- If we demand belonging without providing belonging, we are destined to drift.
- It is a normal thing to leave a community out of convenience. It is a serious thing to abandon a loved community out of disgust.
- A family is an unbreakable tie. A fellowship can come and go. God declares the Church to be a family.
- If we do not love the culture we come from, how can we love a foreign culture?
- It is a mistake and hindrance to put our trust in Christian culture, and forget Christ.
- Why was I ever bored by Matt Papa?
- There are no humble men, only humbled men.
- The older generation wonders why their children are leaving the faith. Yes, teach us theology. But more important: show us theology.
- It is really quite astounding that I am a Christian and not an anarchist.
- Any morality that does not spend most of its time on normal, everyday life is not worth listening to.
- Someone once said, “If you aren’t a liberal by 20, you don’t have a heart. If you aren’t a conservative by 40, you don’t have a brain.” They spoke well.
Thoughts of a Novice 