Coming to terms with personal sin
One of the most troublesome things I observe in myself and others is the inability to to come to terms with our personal – and especially moral – weaknesses. Generally, we know the human condition is one characterized by disorder, division, imbalance. We...The first sorting of good and evil
The first sorting of good and evil took place when war broke out in Heaven between the faithful and unfaithful angels. By rebelling, the unfaithful angels corrupted or essentially changed their spirits, literally leaving no place for them in Heaven. Just as water and oil don’t mix, their spiritual beings no longer conformed to the characteristics required for integration within the heavenly realm. God, being perfectly just, said his “Enough!” and removed from Heaven this first appearance of evil.