Carrying Blessings and Burdens

There is an old legend about three men and their sacks. Each man had two sacks, one tied in front of his neck and the other tied on his back. When the ...

What Direction Are We Growing?

The focus of health in the soul is humility, while the root of inward corruption is pride. In the spiritual life, nothing stands still. If we are not ...

What Happens Inside Counts

What really matters is what happens in us, not to us.

Change from Within

Man is both a spiritual and an animal being. One can move a man either by influencing his animal being or by influencing his spiritual essence. In the ...

The Uncaring Generation

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.

An Underdeveloped Conscience

In Christian Parenting Today (Mar/Apr 98), Dan Schaeffer recalls:

As an 8-year-old, I thought it was comical. Our victim didn't know what was happening ...

It's What's Inside that Counts

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Beauty of Character

While many would not hesitate to say that great beauty is the characteristic that makes most women outstanding, several experts on the subject tend to ...

Biography from a Checkbook

In 1815 Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Waterloo, and the hero of that battle was the Duke of Wellington. The duke's most recent biographer ...

The Importance of Love

A man is only as good as what he loves.