The True Purpose of Marriage

I once met a man who said, "In the forty years we've been married, my wife and I haven't had an argument."

I said to him, "Well, ...

Victories Hard Won

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

The Right Mix

Afflictions are sweet preservatives to keep the saints from sin.

Making Wounds a Source of Healing

Making one's own wounds a source of healing ... does not call for a sharing of superficial personal pains but for a constant willingness to see one's ...

The Advantages of Hardship

Only one professional football team that plays its home games in a domed stadium with artificial turf has ever won the Super Bowl: The St. Louis Rams ...

The Development of Character

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition ...

Waiting for Something Better

When my son, Rusty, was five, he wanted a ball glove. So I took him, and we went to three or four stores to get a glove to fit a tiny hand. No store had ...

Pain and Growth Go Together

Everett Koop, former surgeon general of the United States and a vocal opponent of abortion on demand, tells of a family whose severely handicapped child ...

Misfortune Isn't Always Unfortunate

Misfortune does not always come to injure.

God Shapes Our Pain

Pain is only intolerable when seen in a distorted light. But when we know it is the hand of a loving God that shapes it all, and that it is our Father ...