Reality, Not Perfection

The search for the perfect church is an illusion. Appetite by itself is the sepulcher, the death of reason, judgement, and discipline. Some form of satisfaction ...

Burying Loved Ones

It's getting harder and harder to bury people now--they're my brothers, my sisters.

No Racial Barriers

Skin color does not matter to God, for he is looking upon the heart. When men are standing at the foot of the cross, there are no racial barriers.

Family Resemblance

The fruits of the Holy Spirit are, it seems to me, largely fruits of sustained interaction with God. Just as a child picks up traits more or less simply ...

No Solitary Religion

It was one of the Wesleys, I think, who said that the New Testament knows nothing of solitary religion. We are forbidden to neglect the assembling of ...

God's Fairness

The parable of the vineyard workers (Matthew 20) offends our sense of fairness. Why should everyone get equal pay for unequal work?

Back in Ontario when ...

Joined for Survival

We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will ...

Christian Ambassadors

For the watching world, we ourselves serve proof that God is alive. We form the visible shape of what he is like.

Trading Brothers

An expectant friend with sons 4 and 2 asked the older one, Ben, if he would like to have a new brother. After careful thought, Ben replied, "No, ...