Away with Gossip

I once formed a mutual encouragement fellowship at a time of stress in one of my pastorates. The members subscribed to a simple formula applied before ...

An Abstinence Streak

A.C. Green of the Dallas Mavericks set a remarkable record last season, playing in his 907th consecutive game, an NBA record.

A.C. is proud of that mark. ...

Being Tender

The higher people are in the favor of God, the more tender they are.

Blessed Are the Restrained

We might have much peace if we would not meddle with other people's sayings and doings. ... Blessed be the true, simple, and humble people, for they ...

Virtues of Work

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced ...

A Difficult Prayer

Often it is through poverty of spirit that the wretched body so readily complains. Pray therefore humbly to the Lord that he may give you the spirit of ...

Love Is Self-Giving

Buddha once said "If one person conquers in battle a thousand times a thousand, and another conquers himself, he who conquers himself is the greatest ...

Masters of Our Consent

We are not masters of our own feeling, but we are by God's grace masters of our consent.

Too Much of a Good Thing

Our souls may receive infinite hurt, and be rendered incapable of all virtue, merely by the use of innocent and lawful things. What is more innocent than ...

Pat Collins: Purity in the Personals

In the May 18, 1994, Calgary Sun business personals, one small ad stood out amidst such services as Erotica Video Exchange and Live XXX Shows and videos. ...