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The Bible & the Life of Grace
-St. AugustineOn Christian Doctrine, I.39.43 An analogy might be helpful here. Consider human law, the civil law with which we are all familiar. The law exists to make men just, to make them virtuous, to make them good citizens. What happens when one in fact becomes virtuous? There is a sense in which the virtuous man has no further need of the law. But this is not because the law is worthless or ineffective….
In Defense of Erotic Love
There is in every human person a primal desire to be satiated. We long to feel whole, to feel rest in the love of another. We are drawn to beauty, we love it, and we wish to attain it and delight in it always. The lover seeks satisfaction in the beloved. We want someone to justify our existence-to look on us in love and say, “It is good that you exist; how wonderful you are!”1…
Faith: The Misunderstood Virtue
Though the term “faith” exists even in our increasingly secular age, it is arguably a word misunderstood by many who use it. Take a moment to consider your own response to the question, posed perhaps by a non-Christian seeking after the truth: “What is faith?” Is it an opinion you have about God, the world, or human beings? If so, it is not faith. Is it something you hold to be true from time…
