If all sin is equal……. “Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” Jesus’ own words. He also didn’t prescribe a millstone for just anything. (@seantology on Twitter) Sexual sin against children is right up there with premeditated serial...
from Joni Eareckson Tada: “Spiritual leprosy: It is when your soul becomes hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. It is when you spiritually lose all sensation of pain, especially things that pain God. It’s where you become actually dull and deadened to...
Feeling shame, in and of itself, is not bad. In fact, as Dr. Sally Satel notes in this brief excerpt from a longer interview, shame is a good indicator of an active conscience. What we do with our feelings of shame divides victims from overcomers. Victims allow their...
The old adage, “Let your conscience be your guide” is as good as worthless unless one’s spirit and soul are operating under the authority of the Holy Spirit. I think of the conscience, a part of the soul, as a neutral tool that is programmed by the...
Simple Hand Metaphor for Thinking About Three-Part Human Being and How Conscience Works. I found myself in a spontaneous spiritual direction session with someone this week. The directee was grasping for a way to understand the concepts we were discussing about the...
