Blaming God but Doing Nothing

On my door there's a cartoon of two turtles. One says, "Sometimes I'd like to ask why he allows poverty, famine, and injustice when he could ...

Preacher Backs Up Words with Action

James Forbes, senior minister of Riverside Church in Manhattan, New York, says:

I remember when I was preaching about South African apartheid. I was confronting ...

"Life as a House": Making a Wrong Right

In the movie Life as a House, George, a forty-something employee at an architectural firm, loses his job and his health. When he learns he has only four ...

"The Hurricane": Love Sets Us Free

Denzel Washington stars in The Hurricane, the true story of professional boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's life. At the height of his boxing ...

Holocaust Victim Forgives Captor

Corrie Ten Boom and her family secretly housed Jews in their home during WW II. Their "illegal" activity was discovered, and Corrie and her sister Bessie ...

Threat of Injustice

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

When No One Is Left to Speak

First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak ...

Sin of Silence

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards out of men.

Envying Mozart

Remember the story of Mozart's life told from the perspective of Antonio Salieri. The play and the film were both called Amadeus. Salieri was the ...

The Power of Envy

Three churches struggled to survive. Then one of the churches called a pastor who was extremely gifted. His sermons were relevant and gripping. His personality ...