He's a Little Disappointed

When I was staying with a neighbor's five- and seven-year-olds I heard a squeal coming from the next room--then Becky's voice, "Mike, God doesn't love ...

Worshiping the Wrong Monarch

The majority of us do not enthrone God, we enthrone common sense. We make our decisions and then ask the real God to bless our god's decision.

Diminishing Christ

The chief way you and I are disloyal to Christ is when we make small what he intended to make large.

Humor: A Real Spectacle

True story:

In Tampa, Florida, Antonio Valdez Jr. was charged with driving without wearing his glasses.

A few weeks later, on his way to court to face ...

Obedience Means Rhythm

When the heart's wrong, there can't be peace. Selfishness is a gangrene, eating at the very vitals. Sin is a cancer, poisoning the blood. Peace ...

Beyond Me-ism

We are designed with a great capacity for God; and sin and our individuality are the things that keep us from getting at God. God delivers us from sin: ...

Lot's Wife

Anthony, my four-year-old grandson, was excited about the story he had learned at Christian day school. "Grandma," he said enthusiastically, "it's about ...

Ignoring the Still, Small Voice

My five-year-old daughter, Barbara, had disobeyed me and had been sent to her room. After a few minutes, I went in to talk with her about what she had ...

Taking Dad's Advice

When I was getting my driver's license, my father tried to give a short lecture on car maintenance. He said one sentence that still bugs me: There's one ...

Wanting What's Right

When we have the feeling that on some occasion we have disobeyed God, it simply means that for a time we have ceased to desire obedience.