Turn Around

Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street ...

Dramatic Conversion

All Sins Swept Away:

A slave describes her delayed but dramatic conversion.

Jarena Lee (1783-c.1850) was one of the outstanding preachers in the African ...

Sin: The Great Depression

The modern view seems much nicer to talk about than sin. Sin is so depressing. It makes people feel bad about themselves--or so psychologists tell us.

Silence Isn't Always Golden

At times one hesitates to reprove or admonish evil-doers, either because one seeks a more favorable moment or fears his rebuke might make them worse, ...

A Voice from the Window

Jawanza Kunjufu, in his book, Restoring the Village, writes:

When I was a 14-year-old high school freshman, school was dismissed early for a teachers' ...

Offending the Guilty

I find it impossible to avoid offending guilty men, for there is no way of avoiding it but by our silence or their patience; and silent we cannot be because ...

Don't Get Too Comfortable

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

Too Close to Home

After the service: "Powerful sermons, Pastor. Thoughtful, well researched. I can always see myself in them. And I want you to knock it off."