A Bedtime Prayer

Be off, Satan, from this floor and from these four walls. This is no place for you; there is nothing for you to do here. This is the place for Peter and ...

Asleep in Sin

Satan has got men fast asleep in sin, and that is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do, if he can do that.

The Preacher's Greatest Sin

Surely the preacher's greatest sin is to put people to sleep with the greatest story ever told.

He's No Jerk

I was having a sleepless night--an evening cup of coffee, my husband's abnormally loud snoring, and details about an upcoming trip were keeping me ...

Trivial Pursuit

In biblical days prophets were astir while the world was asleep; today the world is astir while church and synagogue are busy with trivialities.

The Church as a Museum

The church, unfortunately, has become a museum to display the victorious life.

If I Should Wake Before I Die

In graduate school, I took a course in Chinese philosophy. The Buddhist monk who taught the course said to me, "As a Christian, you teach your children ...

Fear of a Boring Sermon

I fear preaching in such a way that when people hear about God, they'll want only to yawn.

Rousing the Lethargic Church

The church, if it expects to rouse from lethargy, must know why it exists and what God expects it to accomplish.

Mild Cases of Christianity

Chad Walsh wrote an intriguing book entitled Early Christians of the Twenty-First Century. He provoked my thinking with words like these:

"Millions ...