The Root of Clarity

They that cannot speak clearly, seldom clearly understand what to speak.

Ideas Have Trajectories

Ideas have trajectories to them. It's a bit like the moonshot. When the rocket is aimed at the moon some 200,000 miles away, it has to be precise. ...

In the Process of Becoming

I remember that first time in school when Mrs. Dirksen, my first grade teacher, asked me what my name was. I knew that. And then she asked me what my ...

A Negative Result

Seen on a bumper sticker: I took an IQ test and the results were negative.

Definition Is a Prerequisite for Resolution

Let me give you a principle to remember: Definition is a prerequisite for resolution.

In other words, if you can define a problem, you can usually deal ...

Lessons from Life

Perhaps God had chosen me in my time to detail what I learned from all the madness about.

I learned that often the false is made to look appealing.

I learned ...

Wisdom from Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra, former New York Yankees baseball player, demonstrated the linguistic gymnastics that earned him eight entries in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ...

The Need for Common Sense

Every year my alma mater, Princeton Seminary, honors somebody from a previous class. Four or five years ago, they honored a pastor from Seoul, Korea, ...

Knowledge Comes from Obedience

Never try to explain God until you have obeyed Him. The only bit of God we understand is the bit we have obeyed.

Hurried Interpretations

God makes his will visible to men in events, an obscure text written in a mysterious language. Men make their translations of it instantly; hasty translations, ...