Why Can't God Just Forgive Our Debt of Sin?

Why can't God just forgive the debt of sin? If our Creator was truly generous, couldn't he just move on without repayment? Live and let live? ...

C.S. Lewis Talks to a Dog About Lust

People sometimes think of Christian morality as a straitjacket—as if God gave us random commands that we must keep in order to prove our devotion ...

Psychologists Say Self-Justification Chokes Love Out Of Relationship

In their book Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson describe how a fixation on our own righteousness ...

Murdered Florida Priest Appeals For Killer From Beyond The Grave

A Florida priest murdered in 2016 appealed from beyond the grave for his alleged killer to be shown mercy, reports the BBC. In a letter written 22 years ...

'Good Riddance Day' In Times Square

Since 2006 a group of people celebrate an important event around the New Year. It's called Good Riddance Day. Participants write down unpleasant, ...

HSAM—a Medical Condition Where People Can Not Forget

While the Bible depicts forgetting mostly in dire terms related to apostasy, it also presents some instances when it is a blessing. There are some things ...

The Two-Year-Old Litterbug in Washington D.C.

Two-year-old Harper Westover lives in Washington, D.C.—her parents "insist she's just the tidiest, most polite, and well-behaved toddler ...

Oregon Woman's Car 'Accidentally' Stolen

If you've never heard of an "accidental car theft," then perhaps a rather strange news story from Portland, Oregon, hasn't reached you ...

Women Distrust Church on Abortion

A study conducted by Lifeway Research shows that many women with unplanned pregnancies go silently from the church pew to the abortion clinic, convinced ...

Getting Rid of the 'Kicker' In the Good News

Steve Brown writes:

I once asked a Jewish friend to forgive the church and me for [how the church has sometimes hurt] Jews in the name of Christ. I waited ...