Marriage Is a One-sided Covenant

Al Janssen writes in "The Marriage Masterpiece":

I am struck, as I reflect on the vows Jo and I exchanged at our wedding, by the one-sidedness ...

Discipline Is the Price of Freedom

We have not advanced very far in our spiritual lives if we have not encountered the basic paradox of freedom, to the effect that we are most free when ...

A Friend's Refusal to Let Go of Endangered Friend

A recent USA Today article portrayed vividly the courage of true friendship:

Anne Hjelle and Debbie Nichols were friends who were mountain biking on a ...

Doing More Than the Minimum

I will do more than belong, —I will participate.

I will do more than care, —I will help.

I will do more than believe—, I will practice.

I will do more than ...

Roman Sentinel Stands Guard to the Very End

When the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the city [of Pompeii in A.D. 79], many people were buried in the ruins. Some took cover underground, and the ...

Discipleship Not about Safety

"It's hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God's new age, a kingdom of ...

Soldiers March Proudly Through Hurricane Isabel

For a week Washington, D.C., meteorologists kept their eye on Hurricane Isabel as she moved in a northwesterly direction from the Southern Atlantic. Boasting ...

Actor Eric Close Renews Commitment to Christ

Eric Close, [From The Mulligan, Suits, American Sniper] knows the importance of reaching young people early. He found faith in God as a student at a Christian ...

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's Hardships in Writing

In his autobiography The Oak and the Calf, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn recalls how he "wrote" in the concentration camps, where writing was forbidden, ...

What Christianity Cannot Be

"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important."

—C. ...