Look Before You Leap

All things can be deadly to us, even the things made to serve us; as in nature ... if we do not walk circumspectly. The least movement affects all nature; ...

No Dead Ends with God

The glorious truth is that, to a Christian walking in the will of God, there is no such thing as a dead-end street.

Kneeling to See His Eyes

Copenhagen is a nice city and there are many things to see there. But if I could only spend one hour in Copenhagen, the place I'd go again would be ...

Healing in Weakness

We live in a world full of people struggling to be, or at least to appear, strong in order not to be weak; and we follow a gospel which says that when ...

Inspiring Obedience

God has no more precious gift to a church or an age than a man who lives as an embodiment of His will, and inspires those around him with the faith of ...

Love a Sinner?

I remember Christian teachers telling me long ago that I must hate a bad man's actions, but not hate the bad man: or, as they would say, hate the ...

Come as You Are

A friend of mine named John Rogers used to teach at the Virginia Episcopal Seminary, and late one cold night he got a call from the bus station in Washington. ...

Heaven Goes by Favor

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out, and your dog would go in.

So Skeptical a Salvation

I had hoped to illustrate the availability of God's gift of salvation. "Whoever wants this beautiful Christmas poinsettia may have it," ...

The Grace to Forgive

"Daddy, come quick," shouted my four-year-old daughter. "Someone stole the presents from under the Christmas tree."

At first I thought ...