Definition Is a Prerequisite for Resolution

Let me give you a principle to remember: Definition is a prerequisite for resolution.

In other words, if you can define a problem, you can usually deal ...

Lessons from Life

Perhaps God had chosen me in my time to detail what I learned from all the madness about.

I learned that often the false is made to look appealing.

I learned ...

Wisdom from Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra, former New York Yankees baseball player, demonstrated the linguistic gymnastics that earned him eight entries in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ...

The Need for Common Sense

Every year my alma mater, Princeton Seminary, honors somebody from a previous class. Four or five years ago, they honored a pastor from Seoul, Korea, ...

Knowledge Comes from Obedience

Never try to explain God until you have obeyed Him. The only bit of God we understand is the bit we have obeyed.

Hurried Interpretations

God makes his will visible to men in events, an obscure text written in a mysterious language. Men make their translations of it instantly; hasty translations, ...

Light Is Not Sight

Religious instruction, however sound, is not enough by itself. It brings light, but it cannot impart sight. The assumption that light and sight are synonymous ...

Out of Our Depth

Most of us have one area in which we quickly find ourselves out of our depth.

Truths of Scripture

There are no graduates in the school of human pain. ... All too often we will be faced with the necessity of relearning faith's lessons and of remaking ...

Learning to Hear God

Eugene Lowry gave this advice to young preachers:

I try to teach my students how to trick themselves into hearing. You have to be out of control. When ...