Topic: Sin

We are often blind to our own entanglement in evil, but when our eyes are opened, we are called into pathways of repentance and transformation that lead to life and healing.

All of us, men especially, share responsibility for confronting and changing the culture that enables men to feel entitled to rape, and Jesus leads us into the new culture that sets us all free.

Recognising what sort of sacrifices we are called to make and what sort of sacrifices we are called to refrain from making is crucial to faithfully following the way of Jesus.

Jesus subverts our concepts of sin and offers to open our eyes and free us from it all.

Satan casts out satan all the time in our divisive attempts to protect ourselves by demonising and expelling others.

In Baptism, Christ has united us with himself in his death to sin and his resurrection to radically new life.

We are bringing upon ourselves a global catastrophe, but the prophet Joel assures us that ultimately God will save his people.

The power of sin over us will not be broken by trying harder, but by pursuing Christ and Christ alone.

Christ is sacramentally present to heal and forgive when his people are open, honest and vulnerable with one another in seeking healing for their sickness and suffering.

Jesus is not calling us to self-mutilation, but he is saying that our efforts to root out sin in ourselves need to be as rigorous as it takes, even if it means appearing like a fanatic.

Sin seeks to enslave our bodies, but if we will take on Christ’s yoke we are incorporated into Christ’s body for redemption.

When we encounter the reality of God we are overcome with our own unworthiness, and we are confronted with a choice – to push God away and hide from our self-realization, or to accept God’s gracious invitation to mercy, transformation and mission.