“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” — Luke 1:38 Virgin Birth — Does It Really Matter?? There is a good reason why the church has traditionally emphasized the virgin birth. …

Genesis 32:22–32 “That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled…

Genesis 32:22–32 “That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled…

An archetype is that which manifests itself in the world endlessly in time. In other words, it expresses an eternal idea. It is based on this method of analogy: that which was is as that which will be, and that which will be is as that which was. …

“GOD IS LOVE, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” The Primacy of Love The goal of the spiritual life, whatever tradition or perspective you come from, is love; not only to become loving, but more accurately to become love, just as God is love. To experience union…

I’m no philosopher but I tend to agree with the Canadian-American philosopher James K.A. Smith, when he says that the emphasis on the mind rather than the heart has been to the detriment of spiritual growth and transformation into mature, integrated people pervaded by love. Due to the Enlightenment and…