Keep Them Separated

A farmer went each week to the Farmers' Market to sell, among other things, the cottage cheese and apple butter made on his farm. He carried these ...

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. ...

What's Sin Got to Do with It?

As an 18-year-old Nova Scotian farm boy, I wanted adventure, so I decided to join the Navy. When I reported to the naval base in Halifax for my interview, ...

Humanity as Creator

I think it says something that the only form of life that we have created so far is purely destructive. Talk about creating life in our own image.

Salvation: Total Cure

Why did Jesus Christ not remain alive and eliminate, generation by generation, all the evils which harass humanity? Simply because He was the Great Physician, ...

Grace Beyond Measure

Who can estimate the value of God's gift, when He gave to the world His only begotten Son? It is something unspeakable and incomprehensible. It passes ...

Lust for Comfort

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.

The Meaning of Covetousness

Covetousness is simply craving more of what you have enough of already.

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 ...