More Important Than Me

The most important thing my dad ever taught me is that there are more important things than me.

Displaced Gratification

People often discuss the importance of delayed gratification; what do you mean when you talk about "displaced gratification"?

In delayed gratification, ...

Saved from Ourselves

Christ died to save us, not from suffering, but from ourselves; not from injustice, far less from justice, but from being unjust. He died that we might ...

Discipleship Means Joy

If we answer the call to discipleship, where will it lead us? What decisions and partings will it demand? To answer this question we shall have to go ...

Faith Without Passion

Very few of us [Christians] could say with Paul's conviction, "For me to live is Christ." If we experienced this as a transforming joy, ...

To Obey Is Better than Sacrifice

The utter obedience required in the military is accepted as necessary, even when one's life may be the price of that obedience. Why does the Christian ...

"Christians Aren't Perfect, Just Forgiven"

Whether seen on bumper stickers, heard during altar calls, developed from a narrow interpretation of Lutheran or fundamentalist theology, or perpetuated ...

Living in Freedom

The disciplined person is the person who can do what needs to be done when it needs to be done. The disciplined person is the person who can live in the ...

A Devotional Schedule

I will (1) rise every morning sufficiently early and have a few minutes, not less than five, in private prayer; (2) avoid all the babbling and idle talking ...

Life Through Death

The cross is rough and it is deadly, but it is effective.