The Obscured Soul

The fact that Scripture speaks of our present unlikeness to God does not mean that Holy Writ maintains the likeness has been destroyed, but that something ...

Room to Improve

When a man is getting better, he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his ...

Good Intentions Fail

What upsets every scene, domestic or political, is not man's desire to be so bad. So far I have never met a man who wanted to be bad. The mystery ...

The Descent of Man

Art is a reflection of a society's most profound aspirations. ... Cultures exalt their highest ideals. In the Middle Ages, it was the divine. For ...

Fatal Disease

As when medical men examine an illness, and ascertain that it is fatal, they make this pronouncement, "He will die, he will not get over this," ...

God Wants To Give Best

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not ...

John Knox Pleads Guilty

Fiery reformer John Knox was keenly aware of his own shortcomings:

Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet ...

Still a Sinner

There is something terribly right about ... realizing that our struggle with sin is in many ways similar to an alcoholic's struggle with drinking. ...

Tell Children about Sin

There is a widespread refusal to let children know that the source of much that goes wrong in life is due to our very own natures--the propensity of all ...

Danger of the Unexamined Self

Refusing to deal with our own potential for evil can make even our goodness dangerous.