Meeting Real Power

The line I like about power is Edward Bennet William's as he was dying. Someone was teasing him about all the power and influence he had in Washington. ...

Christians Justify Violence

The majority of Christians over 2,000 years have believed that violence may be justified under certain circumstances.

God Knows Who We Really Are

He has great tranquility and peace of heart who does not regard praise or blame, and he will soon be at peace and content who has a good conscience. You ...

God's Richter Scale

I think we are now living in the very decade when God may thunder his awesome "paradidomai" (I abandon, or I give [them] up) (Romans 1:24) ff.) ...

Loving a Holy God

Am I becoming more and more in love with God as a holy God, or with the conception of an amiable being who says, "Oh, well, sin doesn't matter ...

Preaching about Hell

[Hell] is sobering. When I was asked by Dr. Billy Graham to deal on this theme, I was not sure I was qualified. It is one of the most solemn truths in ...

Frightening Zeal

David McCullough in his book Mornings on Horseback tells this story about young Teddy Roosevelt:

"Mittie (his mother) had found he was so afraid of ...

Role Reversal

The ancient man approached God (or even the gods) as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is the judge: ...

Another Day in Paradise

Last year's song of the year was called Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins. The song tells about a beggar in the street asking, "Can you ...

From Morality to "Ethics"

How do we create symbolic virtue? We take the standards of morality that we have inherited from past generations. Then we "drain" away the idea ...