The Other Side of Discipleship

Discipline is the other side of discipleship.

Guilt Brings Good Results

True guilt is a valuable asset for living. It helps us when we hurt others or betray our own standards and values. God uses guilt to influence us to change ...

When Jordan Had a Problem

If I ever had a problem, my parents never had a problem telling me I had a problem.

Gentle Discipline

Out of parental concern and a desire to teach our young son responsibility, we require him to phone home when he arrives at his friend's house a few ...

The Purpose of Discipline

Discipline ... is to strengthen and restore, not condemn or destroy.

A Scare Works Better than Advice

P.S. Regarding your D in biology, let me only say that sometimes a scare is worth more than good advice.

I love you,

Mom

Songs from Stress

There is a subject for song even in the judgments of God towards us. ... Faith sees that in her worst sorrow there is nothing penal; there is not a drop ...

Resisting God's Miracles

When [our son] John Mark was 4 years old, he was out playing in the back yard and got a splinter in his foot. He came in and held up his foot. He was ...

Right and Wrong Inescapable

The effects of virtue-free social policy have been devastating--but we don't seem quite ready to accept the alternative. Few politicians are comfortable ...

Constructive Criticism

"Criticism," said Ralph Waldo Emerson, "should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring--a ...