Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent. Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love. Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
If you say that you never lie in life,you honestly insult my intelligence. Jun 17, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'. Jun 16, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh. Jun 16, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life.That she had wanted to be dead all those years while her brother had been alive. That had been her sin.And this was her penance.Wanting to live when everyone else seemed dead. Jun 16, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff. Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
