God does not require or seek our abasement. Indeed, as the fullness of life and love—which is how we might define God even while never having fully encountered him—God already opens himself to us, ...
"In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’ ...
Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren's new book attempts to translate monkish habits for Christians navigating spiritual desolation in today's comfort-seeking, digitally distracted age.
Christian thinkers have long wrestled with what it means to claim that the God of Jesus Christ is for us. In a dense, probing work of constructive theology, Matthew A. Wilcoxen asks: What if humility ...
“Humility is above all God’s Way” and, it “must be the way of Christians”, Pope Francis said in his homily at mass on Palm Sunday in St Peter’s Square, attended by some 100,000 pilgrims and followed ...
God created human beings to worship Him and a practising Muslim in, essence, should be able to worship God in every second, of every hour of every day. Islam is a way of life and it means nothing more ...
Each year, on Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is observed, marking 40 days after Christmas. This day commemorates Jesus’ presentation to God in the Temple, in accordance with Jewish ...
Obviously, in our lessons today -- God’s Word that we are listening to carefully -- we are being instructed about humility. This is a virtue that I think many of us have some trouble with -- even ...
“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him,” said Voltaire. The question arises: what sort of a God do we want? The vast majority of men and women want God who is a sort of a ...
Upon reading the Book of Ruth on Shavuot a couple of days ago I was struck by two traits exhibited by the main protagonists, Naomi, Ruth and Boaz. The two traits are humility and trembling before God.