Cool Addicts

Everybody knows that TV is mostly false and stupid, that almost no one pays that much attention to it--and yet it's on for over seven hours a day ...

Seeing the Serpent

I've not seen this myself, but in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, they have a very precious goblet. In the center of the inside of that goblet is ...

Not My Fault!

There's a kind of mirror system of morality in evil. People don't say, as they more or less do in Shakespeare, "I'm by nature bad." ...

Lies' Long Lives

One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is a cat only has nine lives.

Money Not at Fault

The fault does not lie in the money, but in them that use it.

But for the Grace of God...

As murder story writers assume, and as most of us learn in experience, we have in us capacities for fury, fear, envy, greed, conceit, callousness, and ...

Good and Evil in Every Heart

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy ...

Total Commitment

On a recent trip to Haiti, I heard a Haitian pastor illustrate to his congregation the need for total commitment to Christ. His parable:

A certain man ...

A Point, Not a Pattern

After the Ananias and Sapphira incident, I wonder how long it took the apostles to realize God was making a point, not stamping a pattern.

Bad Examples

Today, everybody and his brother (and lover and agent) claim to be Christians. When I was a kid, God may not have gotten the recognition he merits, but ...