If I Should Wake Before I Die

In graduate school, I took a course in Chinese philosophy. The Buddhist monk who taught the course said to me, "As a Christian, you teach your children ...

Fear of a Boring Sermon

I fear preaching in such a way that when people hear about God, they'll want only to yawn.

Rousing the Lethargic Church

The church, if it expects to rouse from lethargy, must know why it exists and what God expects it to accomplish.

Mild Cases of Christianity

Chad Walsh wrote an intriguing book entitled Early Christians of the Twenty-First Century. He provoked my thinking with words like these:

"Millions ...

Sleepwalking to Worship

I believe a very large majority of churchgoers are merely unthinking, slumbering worshipers of an unknown God.

One More Hour

The amount of sleep required by the average person is about an hour more.

Counting His Sheep

I recently wrote to a close friend explaining that I had problems sleeping at night. When her next letter arrived, I learned that she has this problem ...

Spiritual Awakening?

Sermons affect different people in different ways: some rise to go greatly strengthened; some awake greatly rested.