Prisoner Frightened by Freedom

In the film The Shawshank Redemption, Ellis "Red" Redding has spent his prime wasting away in prison because of a reckless act of violence he ...

Substitutes for Transformation

Pastor John Ortberg reflects:

Conforming to boundary markers too often substitutes for authentic transformation.

The church I grew up in had its boundary ...

Christ Transcends Law of Moses

I often compare the role of the law in history to the role typewriters have played in the development of word processing. The technology and idea of a ...

Commands Help Us Love

At one time, there were no laws about child safety seats and automobile restraint systems. Tragically, many young children were not safely belted in their ...

Rules and Exceptions

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Freedom and True Goodness

Above all, Christians are not allowed to correct with violence the delinquencies of sins. For it is not those that abstain from wickedness from compulsion, ...

Enjoying God's Blessings

If our Lord is permitted to create nice large pike and good Rhine wine, presumably I may be allowed to eat and drink.

Straightened by Grace

Law tells me how crooked I am; grace comes along and straightens me out.