The Christian Conundrum

May my heart be [ag]blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be ashamed.  Psalm 119:80  NASB Blameless – Martin Luther would have rejected the psalmist’s plea outright.  A blameless heart was simply a human impossibility.  Calvin would have had the same reaction.  In fact, virtually all the Catholic theologians of the past followed the philosophical…

Life Without Shame

“May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be ashamed.” Psalm 119:80 Life Without Shame Blameless – Shame destroys.  It is far more crippling than guilt.  If I am guilty, I can repay.  If I am guilty, I can repent.  If I am guilty, I can recover.  But shame is…