„You can do anything - just believe in yourself!“ Does that sound familiar? It’s one of those standard secular lies. It sounds astonishingly similar to Jesus’ statement „If you have faith, you can tell a mountain to move“ (Mt 17,20), or like Paul’s saying „I can do all things through Christ“ (Phil 4,13)…

Human nature is weak and easily seduced by temptations - that is demonstrated already in the story of Adam and Eve, but also in our daily lives: How hard it is to discipline ourselves to do our exercises, or to resist the whisperings of chocolate, or coffee, or … 

One of the seven lies that Elizabeth Urbanowicz exposes is „A loving God would not judge“. She recounts how one day she pointed out to a second-grader that she had written her letters J the wrong way round. The girl looked up at her and said sternly „Don’t judge me!“ Having talked with the class before about objective truth and subjective preferences, Elizabeth then asked the girl whether there was an objectively right way to spell the letter “J”…

Jesus constantly warns against the false values of „the world“, and Paul, in one of my favorite verses (Rom 12,2) says plainly: „Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.“…

Our western society has become so drenched with the idea of competition that we don’t notice anymore. We have become used to asking „What did you like best about …?“ or „Which is your favorite …?“ or „Who is the best …?“ These are all questions of competition. But why should I elect one aspect, one asset, one person over all the others…