Archive

The Results of Judging our Fellows (Part II)

The greatest evil effected by judging others is that he who judges is deprived of [divine] love. James, the brother of God writes: Do not speak against one another, brethren. Whoever speaks against one of the brethren and judges speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge! Only one is the lawgiver and judge, he who is able

Do Not Judge: Causes and Types of Criticism (Part I)

Christ told us not to judge our fellows so as not to be judged by Him. Subsequently, He pointed out the root from which the vice of condemning others grows, saying: Why do you see the speck that is in someone else’s eye but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye? How can you tell someone, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, there is a beam in