Keep the World Out of the Christian

"It's not the ship in the water but the water in the ship that sinks it. So it's not the Christian in the world but the world in the Christian ...

Iraqi Freedom Breeds Immorality

Ali is a young man with little money and no wife. This is all the incentive he needs to take the ninety-minute bus ride from his village to Baghdad. As ...

Epidemic of Lies

It was the dream of a lifetime for George O'Leary: A chance to coach the world's most prestigious football team—Notre Dame's Fighting ...

Wesley’s High Standard for Methodists

John Wesley lived a disciplined life and was not afraid to hold other Methodists to a similar standard. His journal gives the impression that he spent ...

Living with a Tiger

The New York Times reported:

His obsession began innocently enough, with the puppies and broken-winged birds many little boys beg to bring home. Over the ...

Sins We Excuse

Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable. —G. K. Chesterton. ...

"The Man Who Captured Eichmann": Rationalizing Evil

The Man Who Captured Eichmann, with Robert Duvall as the notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann, is based on the memoirs of Israeli operative Peter Malkin. It ...

Karl Menninger on Sin of Omission

Sin is not just a commission of an act; it may also be the omission of an act. Dr. Karl Menninger writes in his book Whatever Became of Sin?:

If a dozen ...

We Need Christ in Us

Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us.

"Shawshank Redemption": Imprisoned by Sin

Warning: The movie clip of this illustration contains profanity. PreachingToday.com recommends that you not show the video but rather simply tell the ...