Living Right in Only One Department

Gandhi once observed, ''One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is ...

Total Commitment

On a recent trip to Haiti, I heard a Haitian pastor illustrate to his congregation the need for total commitment to Christ. His parable:

A certain man ...

Misplaced Passion

The core problem is not that we are too passionate about bad things, but that we are not passionate enough about good things.

Humor: Total Non-Commitment

"It's Monty Williams. He wants to know if he can audit your discipleship class on 'Total Commitment.' "

Unfit for Persecution

The greatest criticism of the Church today is that no one wants to persecute it: because there is nothing very much to persecute it about.

Rousing the Lethargic Church

The church, if it expects to rouse from lethargy, must know why it exists and what God expects it to accomplish.

Enormous Barrier

A feeble, nominal Christianity is the great obstacle to the conversion of the world.

Mild Cases of Christianity

Chad Walsh wrote an intriguing book entitled Early Christians of the Twenty-First Century. He provoked my thinking with words like these:

"Millions ...

Vote Early, Vote Often

"Tell me how we get 100 votes to keep an evening service when only 15 show up."

Sleepwalking to Worship

I believe a very large majority of churchgoers are merely unthinking, slumbering worshipers of an unknown God.