Light Is Not Sight

Religious instruction, however sound, is not enough by itself. It brings light, but it cannot impart sight. The assumption that light and sight are synonymous ...

Out of Our Depth

Most of us have one area in which we quickly find ourselves out of our depth.

Truths of Scripture

There are no graduates in the school of human pain. ... All too often we will be faced with the necessity of relearning faith's lessons and of remaking ...

Learning to Hear God

Eugene Lowry gave this advice to young preachers:

I try to teach my students how to trick themselves into hearing. You have to be out of control. When ...

A Mile in Their Shoes

You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them.

All But Faith Is Empty

Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.

Prayer for Understanding

Grant me, O Lord, an understanding heart, that I may see into the hearts of thy people, and know their strengths and weaknesses, their hopes and their ...

Shallow Knowledge

The situation today is Lots of knowledge, but little understanding

We Need Better Vision

When we find ourselves deficient in wisdom, it is not because the Word of God has pages missing, but because we have not seen all there is on the pages ...

Insight's Great Worth

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.