The Sheer Excitement of Knowing God

To stand by the shadows of a friendly tree with the wind tugging at your coattail and the heavens hailing your heart, to gaze and glory and to give oneself ...

No One to Thank

It is a terrible thing to be grateful and have no one to thank, to be awed and have no one to worship.

The Meaning of Worship

Worship is pulling our affections off our idols and putting them on God.

The God-Shaped Void

So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship.

Beyond "Experience"

The current phrase "worship experience" merely serves to confuse us. Those who worship with the expectation that the act ought to generate certain ...

Is Eternity Boring?

I once led a man to Christ who loved the sunny country of common sense, but he could not put up with the mysteries of godliness. He kept shoving common ...

The Gift of Art

Art is the gift and must be used for his glory. That in art is the highest which aims at this.

On Holy Ground

I am often more likely to sense God's presence while engaging in a challenging conversation with a supposed non-believer than while sitting in a "required" ...

Praying the Ten Commandments

In "A Simple Way to Pray" (1535), Martin Luther writes:

If I have had time and opportunity to go through the Lord's Prayer, I do the same ...

More Than Mechanical Idols

We need today a view beyond the gods of technology to the God of Creation.