Yielding To Christianity

“God is the father of Jesus and of us–of every possibility of our being; but while God is the father of his children, Jesus is the father of their sonship; for in him is made the life which is sonship to the Father–the recognition, namely, in fact and life, that the Father has his claim upon his sons and daughters. We are not and cannot become true sons without our will willing his will, our… Continue reading →

WHEN YOU SHOW THE MOON TO A CHILD, IT SEES ONLY YOUR FINGER. I like this Zambian wisdom because it so clearly makes a very difficult point. Our ability to perceive our world, its size and scope, comes with our maturity. And so we tend, at first, not to look far enough!
Hannah Whitall Smith, a lay speaker for the 19th century Holiness movement, called such self-focus and self-interest a “disease of modern times.” Then… Continue reading →