The Hurt of Healing

The old original wounds must first be probed in their depth before there can be healing. The Scripture compares sin with the wound of the soul, and says ...

Love Admits the Truth

I preached to my home congregation some time ago, and I talked in the sermon about how much I appreciated and admired my father because his mother died ...

Now Is the Time for Repentance

You cannot repent too soon because you do not know how soon it may be too late.

Clean Hands

Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.

Taking Out the Garbage

After I graduated from Dallas Seminary, waiting on my first ministry, I went home to live with my mother. My mom gave me chores. She said, "One of ...

Confession Dispells Lies

For him who confesses, shams are over, and realities have begun.

Love Makes Confession Possible

Early in 1993 British police accused two ten-year-old boys of the brutal murder of two-year-old James Bulger. The two boys pleaded innocence. The young ...

Real Repentance

Repentance is not a popular word these days, but I believe that any of us recognize it when it strikes us in the gut. Repentance is coming to our senses, ...

Inevitable Error

Error is the inevitable consequence of living.

Mutual error is the inevitable consequence of living together.

Argument or faultfinding is the defensive ...

Don't Put It Off

Repentance is always difficult, and the difficulty grows still greater by delay.