Pitiless Purity?

According to Roman Catholic theologian H. Daniel-Rops, "[John Calvin was] one of the terribly pure men who pitilessly enforced principles."

Overtaxing Ourselves

Few things in life are as inevitable as taxes. ... But taxes aren't limited to the funds we pay the government to keep itself running. Sometimes we ...

A Heart Full of Divine Love

A heart in every thought renewed

And full of love divine

Perfect and right and pure and good

A copy, Lord, of thine.

Real Consistency

The only way to be "truly" consistent is as a non-Christian. If we are to be Christians at all, we will be inconsistent ones. We will be right ...

In Search of Perfection

Perfect obedience would be perfect happiness if only we had perfect confidence in the power we are obeying.

Dealing with Minor Obstacles

Just because you miss one train doesn't mean you have to cancel the whole vacation.

The Call to True Devotion

He has not learned the nature of piety who thinks it too much to be pious in all his actions.

No More Fugues

The idea that one would build a chair or write a fugue for the sake of making the best chair or music one can is foreign to our culture, even our religious ...

The Credit Goes to the One Who Tries

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit ...

Reality, Not Perfection

The search for the perfect church is an illusion. Appetite by itself is the sepulcher, the death of reason, judgement, and discipline. Some form of satisfaction ...