Max Lucado Confesses Struggle

Author and pastor Max Lucado said that giving up beer helped him get closer to God. Lucado said, "I come from a family of alcoholism. If there's ...

Keeping Consistent Testimony

Ben Patterson writes in Leadership:

Sam Shoemaker told of a near-sighted professor who was an expert in entomology. His office walls were covered with ...

Sort of Dead to Sin

In a classic Leadership cartoon, two couples are seated in a living room engaged in Bible study. One of the women is speaking. "Well," she says, ...

What Other Deadly Sins?

Perhaps the bitterest commentary on the way in which Christian doctrine has been taught in the last few centuries is the fact that to the majority of ...

A Hopeful Beginning

God's plan made a hopeful beginning,

But man spoiled his chances by sinning.

We trust that the story

Will end with God's glory,

But at present, the ...

Don't Trust the Flesh

We ought not trust our nature, our flesh, no matter how spiritual we think we are.

An Underdeveloped Conscience

In Christian Parenting Today (Mar/Apr 98), Dan Schaeffer recalls:

As an 8-year-old, I thought it was comical. Our victim didn't know what was happening ...

When Another Stumbles

If you see another stumble or fall, let your first thought be that, of all men, you are most likely to stumble or fall in that same manner.

Our Father Knows Best

Contrary to popular opinion, sin is not what you want to do but can't; it is what you should not do because it will hurt you--and hurt you bad. ... ...