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A Closer Look at "The Grand Inquisitor"

Monday Dec. 19, 2016 source:  https://wonderingfair.com So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him,  “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,   and you will  know the truth, and the truth  will set you free.” ~ John 8:31-32 (ESV) “No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ultimately self-destructive. Evil may set out to corrupt others, but in the process corrupts itself.”  ―  John Connolly ,  The Infernals “You think that your laws correct evil - they only increase it. There is but one way to end evil - by rendering good for evil to all men without distinction.”  ―  Leo Tolstoy ,  Christians and the Law-Courts       Christ sets us free, of that there can be no doubt! The freedom we have as members of Christ's body, and the mind-boggling scope of that freedom, is not easily grasped. We are inheritors of a peace that surpasses all un...

Holiness and the Unholy Inquisition

Sunday Dec. 4, 2016           "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!" rings the unending cry of the four seraphim surrounding the Throne of Yahweh in Revelation 4:8b . This is the absolute holiness of the One who lives for ever and ever, all-annihilating, unapproachable save for one small doorway at the end of a long and narrow path. It's a mockingly small doorway by any worldly measure, just big enough for the faithful to enter through if they grovel on hands and knees with their faces in the dirt.  The holiness of the Lamb shines ever brighter as Church history yields ever more to the scrutiny of the present-day Christian conscience. The flashlight beam in the above illustration could represent God's "Holy-Vision" as He looks into the hearts of His human creatures and into the heart of the world we created along with the prince of darkness as its First Citizen. We are each born into many different kinds...