“If an experience fails to engender humility, charity, mortification, holy simplicity, and silence, etc., of what value is it?…In this faith God supernaturally and secretly teaches the soul and, in a way unknown to it, raises it up in virtues and gifts…When together [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hypocrisy’
Love & Humility
Posted in Life, Theology, Writings, tagged easy, false accusation, gossip, human, humble, humility, hypocrisy, injurer, Jesus, love, low road, narrow road, offender, offense, pain, path, pride, rejection, relationships, selfishness, spiritual, way, wide road, wrongly accused on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Illusion of Fervency and the Reputation of Zeal
Posted in Prayer Room Life, tagged Christianity, dove, evolution, fake, hype, hypocrisy, illusion, religion, zeal on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve unashamedly stolen my title from Dave, one of my former teachers. When I read those words in a recent post of his, I was struck by their truth. I, too, am familiar with the illusion of fervency and the reputation of zeal.
No matter where I am, I seem to quickly learn how to blend [...]
Something Called Hypocrisy
Posted in Theology, tagged hype, hyperbole, hypocrisy, Theology on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Something that I utterly detest is hypocrisy; especially among Christians.
I am by no means a saint. In fact, as I am sure anyone who “lives” in a prayer room can tell you, the more time I spend with God, the more I realize that I know SO LITTLE. But something that I have lived, breathed, [...]
