The psalmist believed that the dead inhabit the land of oblivion (88:13); they are in a state of spiritual amnesia. God no longer works wonders for the dead (88:11). They cannot remember God because their relationship with him has been severed. Sadness reigns in the world of the dead (Dt 34:8).  The joyless state of [...]

Jesus could not work miracles for people without faith, because such persons are without the Holy Spirit which empowers people to “see” the Father in Jesus. People do not come to Christ unless the Father draws them through the gift of his Spirit of love for the Son he proclaims as his “beloved” at his [...]

How can God be closer to you than yourself?  The answer lies in appreciatingthe nature of what it means to be psychologically present to someone, including onself. An appreciation of personal identity and psychological presence can illumine the sense in which God is supremely present in our lives, indeed closer to us than we are. [...]