Where's Everyone Going, Anyway?

Hamsters in cages run the rat race. They get in their wheels and run nine thousand miles, but never get anywhere. And it can be like that in the church: ...

Growing the Wrong Direction?

[American Christianity] is more Petrine than Johannean; more like busy Martha than like the pensive Mary, sitting at the feet of Jesus. It expands more ...

101 Duties and God

What will it mean in practice for me to put God first? This much at least. The 101 things I have to do each day and the 101 demands on me which I know ...

The Advantages of Material Success

Undoubtedly people feel those who have made it in the marketplace have more of everything to contribute.

When Good Business Is Bad Business

The church appears to be adopting the principles and practices of big business and finding these practices very effective.

Now there is nothing wrong with ...

Busyness as Addiction

The Desert Fathers (a protest movement against worldliness in the early church) spoke of busyness as "moral laziness." Busy-ness can also be ...

The Real Bottom Line

Nobody on his deathbed ever said: "I wish I'd spent more time at the office."

Never Be Too Busy for God

No one should ever be too busy or pressured or tired to make a time and place for God in their lives. After all, he has to manage the whole world, and ...

A Nation Built on Hope

This nation was built by the power of hope. No painter ever set brush to canvas, no writer ever set pen to paper, no builder ever set brick on brick, ...

Gambling with Big Money

On February 26, 1995, Barings, the oldest bank in Britain, announced it was seeking bankruptcy protection after losing nearly one billion dollars in a ...