Being Comfortable Can Kill Us

Too much comfort is dangerous. Literally.

Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley did an experiment some time ago that involved introducing ...

Commitment Means Work

Though skeptical of his teenage son's newfound determination to build bulging muscles, one father followed his teenager to the store's weight-lifting ...

In Quest of Convenience

The following are actual responses from comment cards given to the staff members at Bridger Wilderness Area:

Trails need to be wider so people can walk ...

The Evil of Idleness

From a sermon on the poor:

"Anyone who would not work should not eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10). But the laws of Saint Paul are not merely for the ...

Asleep in Sin

Satan has got men fast asleep in sin, and that is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do, if he can do that.

Defeating the Bully

In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes:

There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give ...

The Road to Excellence

Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and ...

Ask a Busy Person

A person who is always available is not worth enough when he is available.

Through Ticket to Heaven?

I sometimes wonder whether the church needs new members one-half as much as she needs the old bunch made over. Judging by the way multitudes in the church ...

One More Hour

The amount of sleep required by the average person is about an hour more.