Doing More Than the Minimum

I will do more than belong, —I will participate.

I will do more than care, —I will help.

I will do more than believe—, I will practice.

I will do more than ...

Gospel Singer Sees Material Poverty but Spiritual Wealth

In 1988, in a small, struggling church in Argentina, gospel singer Damaris Carbaugh saw something she wanted. She was accompanying Brooklyn Tabernacle ...

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. ...

Violence God Approves

You must violently resist the tides of the world. Violently give up all that holds you back from God. Violently turn your will over to God to do His will ...

Pitiless Purity?

According to Roman Catholic theologian H. Daniel-Rops, "[John Calvin was] one of the terribly pure men who pitilessly enforced principles."

Let Me Preach with Enthusiasm

O God, let me preach with enthusiasm because of what Christ did, not because of what the crowds think ... because of the salvation we have, not the size ...

Single-Minded Purpose

When Luther's puppy happened to be at the table, he looked for a morsel from his master, and watched with open mouth and motionless eyes; he (Martin ...

Don't Be Too Foolish

There's an overweening confidence in the young, a kind of invincible optimism that tells them the future is theirs and it will come in their generation. ...

The Face of False Religion

A person may be full of talk about his own [religious] experiences. But often it is more a bad than a good sign. It is like a tree that is full of leaves ...

Halfway Equals Lukewarm

A "halfway Christian" works both sides of the street. He is religious because it helps him in business and gives him a self-righteous satisfaction. ...