David Horne

Therefore we do not give up. d Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person e is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary light affliction f is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. g 18 So we do not focus on what is seen, h but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is

The universe operates as an orderly system, not by impersonal laws but by the creative voice of the immanent and universal Presence, the Logos.

In the fourth century, John Chrysostom called the home, newly created in the marriage covenant, the "small church."7 In the exchanging of vows, the husband and the wife were anointed by the Spirit of God to be the established priesthood of this church-in-miniature, the redeemed Adam and Eve, building a particular place of worship on planet Earth.

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For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” q has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge r of God’s glory s in the face of Jesus Christ.

Don’t tell other people’s stories. Tell your own. But feel free to tell your side of other people’s stories, as long as you are the protagonist in these tales.

We can operate much better as parents when we know what it is that they want. Then we can ask, “Permission to hold you accountable and support your commitment?”