Buried Alive

We must be careful what we bury in our heart. To bury something does not mean it is dead. It may simply mean we have buried something alive that will ...

Resurrected Marriages

I have seen resurrection in marriage after marriage when the persons became genuinely convicted by their sin and did not see divorce as an option.

Admitting Failure to Family

When the family knows you don't pretend to have it all together, that you admit failure, that you're sorry and want to do better, they can handle ...

Falling Down and Getting Up Again

I heard once of an Italian peasant woman who happened to bump into a monk who lived in a monastery high on a hill above her village. Since she bumped ...

Egg on His Face

He looked like the consummate professional--young, well-dressed, well-groomed. He exuded intelligence, experience, and confidence. I was standing by the ...

Confessions of a Sex Addict

Married for 16 years and with two great kids, Kurt Stansell seems to have it all together. He has a successful investment counseling business, and he's ...

Praying the Ten Commandments

In "A Simple Way to Pray" (1535), Martin Luther writes:

If I have had time and opportunity to go through the Lord's Prayer, I do the same ...

Wycliffe on Absolution

There is no greater heresy for a man than to believe that he is absolved from sin if he gives money, or because a priest lays his hand on his head and ...

Life after Repentance

All of us, perhaps, are too ready, when our behaviour turns out to have appalling consequences, to rush out and hang ourselves. Sometimes we do worse, ...

Daily Reckoning

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.