Unlike Balaam, our obedience to God should be borne out of the desire to not offend a Good Father, but to please Him out of love.
Obedience to God should not be merely dutiful. John H. Newman explains that this is one of the lessons we can learn from the history of Balaam.
“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.”
If we wish to earn the Crown, we must embrace the duty of bearing the Cross.
The joy of Easter will make us bold witnesses to the miracle of God’s forgiveness, but love will spur us to learn more about the truth and to exhaust every means of becoming an effective evangelist.
John Henry Newman preached this sermon for the sixth Sunday of Lent. He explains how the Cross of Christ is the interpretive key for all
The study of Literature is not a mere study of words, but a study of the great thoughts of great persons crafted with eloquence.
Are your passions leading you astray? Prayer and praise can bring you back.
