Christianity "Lite"

The notion of "lite," says a university expert on popular culture, is a trend in American culture. "That is for everybody to be utterly ...

The Burden of Suffering

In America, Christians pray for the burden of suffering to be lifted from their backs. In the rest of the world Christians pray for stronger backs so ...

Offensive Language

Busy. A horrible word. It suggests a spiritual disease. Someone has said that a bore is someone who, when you ask her how she is, tells you. A bigger ...

The Meaning of Worship

Worship is pulling our affections off our idols and putting them on God.

The Worst Hypocrisy

What was so bad about [the Pharisees'] hypocrisy? If we think of it as consisting merely in their teaching or pretending one thing while in fact practicing ...

Christaholics Vs. Disciples

Many Christians are only "Christaholics" and not disciples at all. Disciples are cross-bearers; they seek Christ. Christaholics seek happiness. ...

Basic Satanism

Selfishness and immorality are far more consistent with Satan's strategies than drinking blood or drawing pentagrams.

Jonah's Failure

Jonah's sulking disappointment came from a failure of imagination, a failure of heart. He had no idea what God was doing--the largeness of his love ...

Displaced Gratification

People often discuss the importance of delayed gratification; what do you mean when you talk about "displaced gratification"?

In delayed gratification, ...

Bad Motives, Bad Advice

More bad advice emerges from bad motives than from bad judgment.