Bitterness Kills

Bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

John Newton, author of "Amazing Grace"

John Newton (1725-1807)

A "wretch" who found "Amazing Grace!"

John Newton was nurtured by a devoted Christian mother who dreamed that ...

When Loving Isn't Easy

I know two law partners who used to hate each other.

When one became a Christian, he asked me, "Now that I'm a Christian, what should I do?" ...

Why Grace Is Amazing

Why do we call grace amazing? Grace is amazing because it works against the grain of common sense. Hard-nosed common sense will tell you that you are ...

Forgiveness Humbles

Forgiven souls are humble. They cannot forget that they owe all they have and hope for to free grace, and this keeps them lowly. They are brands plucked ...

Forgiveness Is Costly

There is one eternal principle which will be valid as long as the world lasts. The principle is--Forgiveness is a costly thing. Human forgiveness is costly. ...

Eight Hundred Pacos

Ernest Hemingway wrote a story about a father and his teenage son. In the story, the relationship had become somewhat strained, and the teenage son ran ...

Love Admits the Truth

I preached to my home congregation some time ago, and I talked in the sermon about how much I appreciated and admired my father because his mother died ...

On Par with Your Enemy?

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

Reconciliation Changes Hearts

Integration forced some people to change their behavior. Reconciliation invites the changing of hearts.