Hearers Only, Not Doers

Among the plastic saints of our times Jesus has to do all the dying and all we want is to hear another sermon about His dying.

Lest We Forget

Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.

Life Without Sacrifices

A life without sacrifices is abomination.

Annie Dillard

The Power of Sacrifice

The willing sacrifice of the innocent is the most powerful answer yet conceived by God or man to insolent tyranny.

The Sacrificial Love of God

For family devotions, Martin Luther once read the account of Abraham offering Isaac on the alter in (Genesis 22). His wife, Katie, said, "I do not believe ...

Holy Gift Exchange

Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man--His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God--when we present our bodies ...

Whatever Happened to Sacrifice?

Sacrifice is a word a power-hungry church just doesn't understand. A church that cares about power--the power of a large membership, power in the ...

An Example of Giving

Oseola McCarty, 87, did one thing all her life: laundry. Now she's famous for it--or at least for what she did with her profits.

For decades, Miss ...

I Don't Do...

One of our students received an appointment from a bishop, and the student did not feel the placement exactly suited his abilities.

I overheard him complaining ...

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 ...