Frightening Zeal

David McCullough in his book Mornings on Horseback tells this story about young Teddy Roosevelt:

"Mittie (his mother) had found he was so afraid of ...

What Price Progress?

We live in a time of unprecedented discoveries, many of which tend to make life longer and living more comfortable and enjoyable. But with change and ...

Lost Responsibility

The single greatest loss in my time has been the idea that we are moral agents. Religion helped a great deal here. Religion taught that we are accountable ...

It Only Hurts When You Hit Bottom

Peradventure some sinner will say, "perceive nor feel any weight in myself, do I ever so many sins." To whom we answer that if a dog having ...

A Lesson on Death and Taxes

Gary Thomas writes in Christianity Today: Thinking about eternity helps us retrieve [perspective]. I'm reminded of this every year when I figure my ...

Death Makes Things Matter More

In the movie Casualties of War, Michael J. Fox plays Private Erikson, a soldier in Vietnam who is part of a squad that abducts and rapes a young Vietnamese ...

Live Each Day as Your Last

The greatest thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though our world might ...

Our Responses Determine Our Lives

It is awesome to realize that at the end of our lives we will be the sum total of our responses to God's answers to our prayers, for God has chosen ...

Would That Be in Reference?

As we returned from Vacation Bible School one summer day, my young daughter Melissa asked if we could stop at the library. When I asked her why, she explained, ...