John Stott on Materialism

Comfort is dangerous, and we should constantly be re-examining our lifestyle. The New Testament is beautifully balanced on this. Paul avoids both extremes, ...

Can't Take It with You

In All Is Calm, Donna Schaper writes:

There we were, two twenty-eight-year-olds in love, on the rim of the Grand Canyon on New Year's Eve. As we watched ...

Too Many Words, Too Little Thought

Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought.

Cost of Living

What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living."

The Wisdom of the Simple

Neal, a kind and loveable character about town, was considered by many to be quite simple minded. Time after time people in our small village would come ...

A Noisy Horn

A Pharisee's trumpet shall be heard to the end of the town but simplicity walks through the town unseen.

What the World Really Needs

When Dietrich Bonhoeffer was almost hearing the stomping of the Gestapo boots to take him away and execute him, he wondered on paper what kind of people ...

No "Simple" Faith

It is no good asking for a simple religion. After all, real things aren't simple. They look simple, but they're not. The table I'm sitting ...

Seeking God without Distractions

Those who love God should attempt to preserve or create an atmosphere in which he can be found. Christians should have quiet homes. Throw out television, ...

What It Boils Down To

A friend of mine is a professor at an Ivy League school. He told me about a conversation he overheard: ... The head of the astronomy department was speaking ...