Chesterton on Defining Evil

Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.

Man Wears Seatbelt After Friend Has Accident

Tim Keller wrote:

I used to go visit my brother in law, and he would never wear a seat belt in the car. I always berated him for it. I remember one time ...

Donald Miller Quits Chewing Tobacco

Donald Miller writes in his book Searching For God Knows What:

Several years ago, I chewed tobacco: Long-cut Wintergreen Skoal. I know, I know, it was ...

Humans Prefer to Sin Unobserved

Dallas Willard writes about a 2-and-a-half-year-old girl in her backyard who one day discovered the secret to making mud (which she called "warm ...

Pioneer Missionary Engages the Culture

In an age of extraordinary people, Matteo Ricci was one of the most remarkable. Even today, if you ask a Chinese person to name a famous European from ...

Donald Miller on Belief and Actions

Donald Miller gives some practical insights on actions and belief in his book Blue Like Jazz:

The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something. ...

Being President Versus Doing President

Steve Sample, president of the University of Southern California, writes:

In the spring of 1970, when I was 29, I learned I had won a fellowship from the ...

Augustine: Don't Forget to Act Like a Christian

No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor; nor has any man a right to be so ...

Natural Does Not Always Mean Good

Many people justify their participation in a variety of behaviors by calling them "natural." However, the following quote from M. Scott Peck ...

Christians Associate Sex with Guilt

In his book Music Through the Eyes of Faith, Harold Best tells the true story of a young man who became heavily involved in a satanic cult that developed ...