When You Can't Trust a Thermometer

Life involves making lots of decisions about right and wrong, and God has given us a conscience to help us make those decisions. Unfortunately the human ...

World War II Boat Floats from Ocean Floor

Sometimes no one ever really knows what lurks beneath until things get a good shake. An April earthquake in the region of the Solomon Islands shook loose ...

Two Ways to Look at the World

This world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

—Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797)

Focusing on the Sin of Others

When our children were young, my husband and I decided we wouldn't watch R-rated movies. We wouldn't allow our children to watch them, so we decided ...

The Woman Who Can't Forget

While it is often acknowledged that only God can truly forget as he forgives, one California woman has taken this axiom to a new level: She can remember ...

Augustine on Lust

Seeing women when you go out is not forbidden, but it is sinful to desire them or to wish them to desire you, for it is not by tough or passionate feeling ...

Man Pities Woman Using Food Stamps

While picking up provisions for a weekend trip, author Donald Miller describes what happened as he stood in line at the grocery store.

At the checkout ...

John Locke Felt Behavior Followed Belief

I have always thought that the actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

—Philosopher John Locke (1632-1704)

When Tempted, Think of Christ's Sacrifice

Author and pastor John Piper says:

We must not give a sexual image or impulse more than five seconds before we mount a violent counterattack with the mind. ...

"A Beautiful Mind": Choosing Not to Indulge Certain Thoughts

The movie A Beautiful Mind traces the life of genius mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash, Jr. (played by Russell Crowe), who is tortured ...