The Bible's "Real" Players

Perhaps the way our teachers treat the Bible does not have the same effect on everyone, but I have learned through the years that by trying to make the ...

Seeing What We Really Are

It is very easy talking what we can bear, and what we can do, but let God lay his hand on us, and we shall see what we are.

Identifying the Devil

The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant.

The Weak Man Behind "A Mighty Fortress"

The "Weak" Man behind "A Mighty Fortress"

In intense turmoil, Luther wrote his greatest hymn.

It was the worst of times--1527--one of ...

A True Indication of Weakness

I'll tell you what weakness is. I think of a college senior--tall, good-looking, from a fine background, very bright, had invitations to attend four ...

Top 10 Lies

Leonard Sweet, in his Soul Cafe newsletter, included this list of "Top 10 Liars' Lies": 10. We'll stay only five minutes. 9. This will be a short meeting. ...

When Prayer Makes Sense

Max Lucado writes:

Prayer only makes sense when you have quit trying to do ministry yourself. I've learned that as things go smoothly, I pray less. ...

Knowing Our Limits

If we don't know ourselves and what shaped us, what neutralizes us, and what our limits are, we invite disaster.

Human Drama Gone Awry

According to most philosophers, God in making the world enslaved it. According to Christianity, in making it, He set it free. God had written not so much ...

Value in Every Life

There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and obedient to God, it cannot reflect his light. There is no life so meager that the ...