At the Heart of Ministry

At the heart of ministry is the heart, a heart close to God.

Transcript of the Heart

In commenting on the success of his work The Saints' Everlasting Rest, Baxter said: "And I found that the transcript of the heart hath the greatest ...

Our Love Follows Our Pocketbook

Some say, dedicate the heart and the money will follow; but our Lord put it the other way around. "Where your treasure is, there will your heart ...

Presenting the Real "I" in Prayer

The prayer preceding all prayers is "May it be the real I who speaks."

Receiving the Word

The receiving of the Word consist of two parts: attention of mind and intention of will.

In the Bleak Mid-Winter

What can I give Him,

Poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd,

I would bring a lamb,

If I were a Wise Man,

I would do my part,--

Yet what can I give Him?

Give my heart.

Battle of Two Natures

The cuckoo is a common bird in England. The first sign of spring is that bird's call. The cuckoo never builds its own nest. When it feels an egg coming ...

Change from Within

Man is both a spiritual and an animal being. One can move a man either by influencing his animal being or by influencing his spiritual essence. In the ...

Money Not at Fault

The fault does not lie in the money, but in them that use it.

But for the Grace of God...

As murder story writers assume, and as most of us learn in experience, we have in us capacities for fury, fear, envy, greed, conceit, callousness, and ...