Allure of Adultery

Chuck Colson writes in Breakpoint:

I still remember my sadness on hearing that an old friend, and someone I believed was a sincere Christian, was leaving ...

Seared Conscience

During my college years—in my infinite wisdom—it occurred to me that it made no sense to stop at red traffic lights when there was clearly ...

Scared Not to Witness

Ethiopian Negussie Tameru was a gun-wielding bandit at the age of 18. Eventually he killed someone and spent six years in prison. Once set free, he went ...

Torment of Guilt

Let me tell you about Sarah. She was rich. Very, very rich. Not only was her income a thousand dollars a day, but she had inherited twenty million. That's ...

Overtaxing Ourselves

Few things in life are as inevitable as taxes. ... But taxes aren't limited to the funds we pay the government to keep itself running. Sometimes we ...

What Sin Isn't

Many people confuse the conviction of sin with such feelings as inferiority, lack of self-confidence and so on. Yet whoever observes people closely can ...

Adjusting Ethical Standards Downward

When I was a teenager, I wasn't a Christian, and I grew up before the sexual revolution. I grew up when it was still considered a matter of ethics ...

The Comfort of Truth-Telling

Telling the truth makes life simpler and more comfortable. If you don't, you have to struggle to keep your stories straight, trying to remember what-all ...

Bonhoeffer on Disobedience

Disobedience, as well as obedience, has the power to transform a person completely. Through disobedience in a particular decision, one can falsify the ...

The Cause of a Clear Conscience

Many people have their bad memory to thank for their clear conscience.