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.

God Dressed in Street Clothes

On March 5, 1994, Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Prescott was teaching a class for police officers in the Salt Lake City Library. As he stepped into the hallway, ...

Jesus Is Our Cheat Sheet

Steve Winger from Lubbock, Texas, writes about his last college test, a final in a logic class known for its difficult exams:

To help us on our test, the ...

The Gift of a Relationship

In Jesus' righteousness the unrighteous are granted, as a gift, relationship with God: a free gift. Mercy took a human face.

Life Without Christ

Herin lies the Christian motive; it is simple. We cannot live without Christ and we cannot bear to think of men living without him. ... We believe in ...

Righting the World

It was said of the apostles, "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither" (Acts 17:6). There is a story told of an eccentric ...

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 Real Business of Life

The glory of God, and, as our only means to glorifying him, the salvation of human souls, is the real business of life.

A Damn Fool for Christ

I would lead Hallelujah Bands and be a damn fool in the eyes of the world to save souls.

A Meaningless Gospel

The gospel is too readily heard and taken for granted, as though it contained no unsettling news and no unwelcome threat. ... It is a truth that has been ...