Jesus the Lion-Hearted

As I studied the life of Christ, one impression about Jesus struck me more forcefully than any other. We have tamed him. The Jesus I learned about as ...

Ask

In 1962 a 14-year-old by the name of Robert White wrote to President John F. Kennedy's personal secretary requesting the President's autograph. ...

The Day of Death and Triumph

James Guthrie, the Covenanter, woke up in the condemned cell on the morning of his execution. His servant was weeping, and he said, "Stop that at ...

Barriers to Creativity

Lack of self-confidence is the biggest barrier to creativity.

Fear Planted in the Soul

God planted fear in the soul as truly as he planted hope or courage. It is a kind of bell or gong which rings the mind into quick life on the approach ...

Life Without Fear

He who loves God with all his heart dreads neither death, torment, judgment, nor hell, for perfect love opens a sure passage to God.

Preach with Conviction

I think it was Goethe who said, after hearing a young minister, "When I go to hear a preacher preach, I may not agree with what he says, but I want ...

The Advantage of Hope

Hope prevents us from clinging to what we have and frees us to move away from the safe place and enter unknown and fearful territory.

The Courage of a Child

In A Pretty Good Person, Lewis Smedes writes:

A federal judge had ordered New Orleans to open its public schools to African-American children, and the ...

Leaving Our Shells Behind

From time to time, lobsters have to leave their shells in order to grow. They need the shell to protect them from being torn apart, yet when they grow, ...