Nathanael Szobody on God is continually hounding us to move from that familiar country of selfishness toward the state of generosity whose capital is contentment.
— Neil Atkinson
And we all nod our heads in agreement at such a perceptive observation. So…anyone in debt?
Nathanael Szobody on When you are assailed by gloom, despair, or a troubled conscience you should eat, drink, and talk with others. If you can find help for yourself by thinking of a girl, do so.
–Martin Luther
Nathanael Szobody on To abide in Christ should be our constant desire and aim. Yes, we are in Christ, yes we are a new creation, but do we abide in him? What does that mean anyway? Read More
Nathanael Szobody on Free will can be seen as the possible. As the finite meets the possible there is an anxiety which will either resolve itself in faith, that enthralling, comforting anxiety (or ‘anxiousness’) which is slavery to Christ, or it leads to sin, which is grasping the finite in attempt to stabilize the dizziness of anxiety–and this is slavery to sin.
So there is still free will; both the possibility to sin and the possibility of faith; both of which are their respective slaveries. The key is in the focal point of stability within the anxiety that determines the nature of the slavery.
Nathanael Szobody on Nathanael Szobody on From every encounter, from every glance of the eye (however swiftly it takes hiding, so to speak, behind the eyelashes), one fetches something home, like the bird which in its busy season fetches one piece after another to its nest and yet constantly feels overwhelmed by the great wealth at its disposal.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Nathanael Szobody on Music is the shorthand of emotion.
— Leo Tolstoy
As are all forms of art.
Nathanael Szobody on Among the prophecies of the Old Testament perhaps the least enjoyable in reading is that of Lamentations. And this for obvious reasons. It is the mourning of the prophet Jeremiah over the lost glory of Israel and the seeming abandonment by God of his people. This can make for some gloomy reading. The question naturally arises: why would this be inspired by God and put down in the canon of Holy Scriptures?
Nathanael Szobody on I resist the devil, and often it is with a fart that I chase him away. When he tempts me with silly sins I say, ‘Devil, yesterday I broke wind too. Have you written it down on your list?’
— Martin Luther
Nathanael Szobody on I was recently asked by a friend what I thought college did for the identity of the students. The university likes to tell us that college is where we’ll ‘find ourselves.’ I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the question, and appreciate even more the opportunity to think on it myself!