Sinning Is Easy

Nothing is easier than sinning.

Lessons from a Drunk Peasant

Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side.

How Much Humanity?

By and large, the Christian community can accept a lot more humanity from their pastor than most pastors are willing to give.

Worthless Worries

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Defects of Character

The Lord sometimes leaves in us some defects of character in order that we should learn humility. For without them we would immediately soar above the ...

A Problem with Happiness

If your happiness (or health) depends on what somebody else says (or does), I guess you do have a problem.

God Is Always Able

Once we were able, and now we're not. You know what you used to be able to do. I remember somebody at the Sunday school picnic who had been quite ...

Only the Strong Forgive

What is true of individuals is true of nations. One cannot forgive too much. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ...

Six Slits Sink Ship

Scientists now say that a series of slits, not a giant gash, sank the Titanic.

The opulent, 900-foot cruise ship sank in 1912 on its first voyage, from ...

God Brings Out Our Best

We are all asked to do more than we can do. Every hero and heroine of the Bible does more than he would have thought it possible to do, from Gideon to ...