Shutting the Door to the Past

The most vivid experience of that anguished prayer and its answer that I can recall came in the life of a young couple. ... They were a bright young couple, ...

Life after Innocence

Grief refuses to flee the past just because it is gone and things have now changed. .... Consider when we lose our innocence--when we discover that we ...

True Shame and False Shame

Shame is only partly about blameworthiness. Of course, we do feel ashamed of ourselves when we are guilty, and we should. Sin is, after all, a disgrace. ...

Guilt Exchange

Western culture has made a fundamental change in its religious base. We have exchanged that One who said, "I am the Truth" (John 14:6) for the ...

Peace with God

Without justification it is impossible to have real peace. Conscience forbids it. Sin is a mountain between a man and God, and must be taken away. The ...

An Underdeveloped Conscience

In Christian Parenting Today (Mar/Apr 98), Dan Schaeffer recalls:

As an 8-year-old, I thought it was comical. Our victim didn't know what was happening ...

You're Forgiven Already!

Garrison Keillor spins another tale:

"Larry the Sad Boy ... was saved 12 times in the Lutheran church, an all-time record. Between 1953 and 1961 he threw ...

All Your Fault

"You were right. Talking through the problem brought us to an agreement--that it's all YOUR fault."

The Bible Bothers

Most people are bothered by those Scripture passages which they cannot understand. But for me, the passages in Scripture which trouble me most are those ...

Whose Problem?

A minister took a guilt trip in a sermon: "I let the congregation really have it. Their stewardship was dismal, their participation was weak; and ...