Crossing the Generation Gap

Bill is wild haired; his wardrobe for college is jeans and a T-shirt with holes in it. He recently became a believer while attending a campus Bible study. ...

State Trooper Uses Biblical Principles to Keep His Cool

Jay Kesler, former president of Taylor University, told about a state trooper who was awarded an "Outstanding Trooper" award.

Kesler, who attended ...

Slander Destroys Churches

About 20 years ago, I said something impromptu to the new members standing in a row across the front of the church. As we received them, the Holy Spirit ...

Hold Your Judgment

A grocery store check-out clerk once wrote to advice-columnist Ann Landers to complain that she had seen people buy "luxury" food items—like ...

Augustine: Pursuing Justice

As the Roman Empire became Christianized, church leaders were assigned increasing civic responsibilities. By Augustine's time, Roman law empowered ...

Learning to Live with Others

It is not easy living in a church community—it's full of sinful people who do all sorts of things that disturb us. But an old story from the lives ...

Taking Care of Our Own Sins

At bedtime I tell our two grandsons a Bible story. One night I said, "Tonight we're going to talk about sin. Do you know what the word sin means?" ...

A Common Misstep

It is a small step from looking down on others to looking up to oneself.

Discernment and Intercession

God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.

If Jesus Christ Were Here Today

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.