Hardest Thing I've Done

I went to Promise Keepers in Indianapolis, knowing God was going to deal with me in an area I had held on to for over a year. It's tragic to admit, ...

John Knox Pleads Guilty

Fiery reformer John Knox was keenly aware of his own shortcomings:

Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet ...

Still a Sinner

There is something terribly right about ... realizing that our struggle with sin is in many ways similar to an alcoholic's struggle with drinking. ...

What's Sin Got to Do with It?

As an 18-year-old Nova Scotian farm boy, I wanted adventure, so I decided to join the Navy. When I reported to the naval base in Halifax for my interview, ...

Mirror of Grace

My wife is ... a mirror. When I have sinned against her, my sin appears in the suffering of her face. Her tears reflect with terrible accuracy my selfishness. ...

Grace Beyond Measure

Who can estimate the value of God's gift, when He gave to the world His only begotten Son? It is something unspeakable and incomprehensible. It passes ...

A Clear Conscience or None at All

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball,

And that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.

Resurrection, not Bookkeeping

You're worried about permissiveness--about the way the preaching of grace seems to say it's okay to do all kinds of terrible things as long as ...

Phantom Guilt

Amputees often experience some sensation of a phantom limb. Somewhere, locked in their brains, a memory lingers of the nonexistent hand or leg. Invisible ...

The Beginning of Hatred

He longed to revenge himself on everyone for his own shortcomings. He suddenly recalled how he had once been asked: "Why do you hate so and so, so ...