How to Become a Dunce

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast the less he knows of it.

Unstable Decisions

When the fear of God is gone, the decisions of daily life are threatened.

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 ...

Our Circuitous World View

The production of art and entertainment for commercial reasons is an old story; what may be new is the elevation of this practice into a principle, and ...

A Fruitless Quest

The search for self-fulfillment is endless, and endlessly frustrating.

Wagering on Sin's Wages

In 1982, "ABC Evening News" reported on an unusual work of modern art: a chair affixed to a shotgun. It was to be viewed by sitting in the chair ...

Uninformed Opinions

Belief that fashion alone should dominate opinion has great advantages. It makes thought unnecessary and puts the highest intelligence within the range ...

The Top 10 "Last Words in Your Church"

Pastoral lines you may not be around long enough to regret

Sometimes words have to be eaten. Other times, they turn out to have teeth that bite. From an ...

A Damn Fool for Christ

I would lead Hallelujah Bands and be a damn fool in the eyes of the world to save souls.

Foolish Demands?

The things Jesus demands are entirely foolhardy--until you begin to share His view of things. Come to see money not as a passport to luxury but as a dangerous ...