Principal Takes Student's Punishment

A modern parable: At a parochial middle school, a boy stands with back arched and hands clenched. "Go ahead, give it to me," he says.

The principal ...

God's Son Punished for Our Sin

A distressed father sat at the bedside of his comatose son, hurt playing basketball. At a crucial point in the game, the 16-year-old lunged for an errant ...

Payback for Wrongs

Each week Kevin Tunell is required to mail a dollar to a family he'd rather forget. They sued him for $1.5 million but settled for $936, to be paid ...

Judging the Judge?

Imagine yourself turning on the TV and tuning into a courtroom trial. In your living room, you can see only what the camera shows you. You don't hear ...

Steinbeck Hears Sermon on Hell

John Steinbeck, in Travels with Charley: In Search of America, writes his thoughts on a sermon he heard while attending a church in New England:

It had ...

God's Timetable

The story is told of a farmer in a Midwestern state who had a strong disdain for "religious" things. As he plowed his field on Sunday morning, ...

Sucking the Life Out

Annie Dillard, in her book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, writes:

At the end of the island I noticed a small green frog. He was exactly half in and half out ...

Why People Obey the Law

People obey the law for one of two reasons: they either love God or fear punishment. When both of these break down, the result is an environment that ...

Sins Must Be Paid For

The sins you do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one.

Lot's Wife

Anthony, my four-year-old grandson, was excited about the story he had learned at Christian day school. "Grandma," he said enthusiastically, "it's about ...