John Owen on the Inner Life

However strong a castle may be, if a treacherous party resides inside (ready to betray at the first opportunity possible), the castle cannot be kept safe ...

Carl Sandburg on Human Nature

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

—Author, poet Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)

Happy Marriages Don't Guarantee Fidelity

New research has uncovered truths about adultery that are unnerving—and none more so than the link between "happy marriages" and affairs. ...

Augustine on Bad Habits

"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."

—St. Augustine (A.D. 354-430)

"Endurance": Destroying Hindrances

Endurance is the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's daring expedition to cross the Antarctic. In August of 1914, Shackleton and 27 crewmen boarded The ...

"War and Peace": Knowing Right and Doing Wrong

War and Peace is based on Leo Tolstoy's classic novel. With the backdrop of Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Russia in the early 1800s, a variety ...

Vegetarians Who Like Sausage

Are you interested in being a vegetarian, but concerned that you might not be able to adjust? Not to worry…you can become a flexitarian.

As vegetarianism ...

"Pinocchio": The Imprisoning Power of Sin

Pinocchio, based on the 19th century children's story by Carlo Collodi, features an old woodcarver named Geppetto who lives alone with a cat and a ...

Prostitute Resists Her Chance for Freedom

New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof chose two Cambodian prostitutes and attempted to buy their freedom from their brothel owners. He selected young ...

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 ...