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 ...

Contrasting Law and Gospel

What the law tried to do by a restraining power from without, the gospel does by an inspiring power from within.

Grace Makes the Trials Light

The trials of Christian life you shall find heavy, but you will find grace will make them light.

The Good News about Sin

Sin is the best news there is, the best news there could be in our predicament. Because with sin, there's a way out. There's the possibility of ...