Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God.

Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God.

I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.

Remembering the facts of death and Heaven gives us an even more pressing reason to learn to pray: We do not have an infinite amount of time. We are one day nearer Home today than we ever were before. I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead.'

Objective truth itself is sometimes often seen as a right wing Republican-Christian plot to take over the government (though the rhetoric is cleverer than that, that's the bottom line).

Sin comes from not realizing God's love. Sin comes from thinking ourselves only as sinners, while overcoming sin comes from thinking ourselves as overcomers. We act our our perceived identities.

Even David Hume, one of history most famous skeptics, said it's just barely possible that God exists.