Clothed for Entrance to Heaven

I make no claim to being a good golfer, but I love to play golf, watch golf, and on good nights I even dream golf.

So when I was invited to attend the ...

Consider Hell's Reality

The phone call came early on a Friday morning:

"Hello. David Noel?"

"Yes."

"This is your neighbor, Mrs. Waldron."

"Who?"

Trusting Like a Cat

The best parable of trust we have in our home is our cat, Clement of Alexandria. When our cat goes outside, he lives in terror. He looks around as though ...

True Shame and False Shame

Shame is only partly about blameworthiness. Of course, we do feel ashamed of ourselves when we are guilty, and we should. Sin is, after all, a disgrace. ...

Faith Is a Two-Way Street

Faith is not merely you holding on to God--it is God holding on to you.

Ultimate Freedom

The great spiritual task facing me is to so fully trust that I belong to God that I can be free in the world--free to speak even when my words are not ...

Change: Treat or Threat?

The hymn-writer wrote, "Change and decay in all around I see." Change and decay are enemies that most people fear. ... When we are young, change ...

Inaction Is Risky, Too

"You took a big risk," somebody told me. But it would have been a greater risk to do nothing.

Misplaced Trust

The trend of government is to undergird us with material securities from the cradle to the grave, providing all kinds of insurances--health, old-age, ...

The "Show-Me" State

Most of us, in our desire for meaningful faith, seem to be saying to God: "Show me, and I'll believe!" This approach never works. God has ...