Nobody decides to become a bitter old man, and yet the world is not short of them. No bride plans to become a contemptuous wife, and no deacon sets out to become a hypocrite. We often arrive at ends we …
In his novel, Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe tells the story of an eighteen-year-old who is consumed with the idea of experiencing a life of adventure on the high sea. His father urges him not to throw away a stable life …
Every one of us is being taught what kind of life is worth pursuing. Parents teach us, friends teach us, coworkers teach us, and the people we admire teach us. They show us what deserves applause, what should be feared, …
Psalm 23 may be the most familiar passage in the Bible. It is read beside hospital beds, at gravesides, and in moments when ordinary language seems too small for what people are carrying. Most people want a shepherd when life …
Most Christians will readily confess that they do not pray as much as they know they should. That familiar gap between knowing and doing is something most of us have made a quiet peace with. But behind the ordinary failure …
The longer I live, the more confused the world appears to be about who God is and our place in His creation. Confusion is nothing new. From the very beginning, the enemy of truth has been sowing lies and questioning …
