“Trust me, true joy is a serious matter. Do you think anyone can casually dismiss death, embrace poverty, control their pleasures, or reflect on enduring suffering with a carefree attitude? The person who can comfortably ponder these things is truly joyful, but not necessarily cheerful. This is the kind of deep joy I wish for you, because it will n…

“This is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus—how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I might keep sailing on course to those honorable ends.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 88.7b In our busy lives, it is easy to overlook our duty to learn and embrace God's word. Yet, faithfulness to this duty is cruc…

Romans Overview Part 1

Changing Your Perspective

Many people consider addiction to be a problem of personal weakness, initiated for self-gratification and continued because of an unwillingness or lack of sufficient willpower to stop. However, within the medical and scientific communities, the notion that pleasure-seeking exclusively drives addiction has fallen by the wayside. Clinicians and scien…