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William Barclay tells of an old man who, as he lay near death, was obviously troubled. When asked what was disturbing him, he replied, ...

We will all die one day. That is one of the few things we can be sure of. But will we die well? That is less certain. Dying well means dying...

"But seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (Matthew 6:33 NKJV) For th...

Repentance is turning from our own way to God's way. The evidences that we are going our own way are manifested in religious, moral, mat...

"God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love which He loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive togeth...

"Then [Jesus] got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded..." (Mark 6:51) Sometimes we are, a...

When I lay these questions before God, I get no answer. But a rather special sort of "No answer." It is not the locked door. It is...

A Nigerian woman who is a physician at a great teaching hospital in the United States came out of the crowd today to say something kind abou...

I once heard a wise priest say, in a meditation on gratitude, that we should be especially grateful for whatever breaks our hearts. Reflecti...

Are you ready for a revolution?… The power of Christianity is in the nature of the God we serve - yet most Christians barely understand God...

May your home always be too small to hold all your friends. May your heart remain ever supple, fearless in the face of threat, jubilant in t...

Attentiveness to God's Word and will is the ground from which all fruitful service in God's name grows. The resoundingly clear prior...

Let each of us judge ourselves, making sure that, insofar as possible, we live out our convictions with as much consistency, honesty, and in...

When I think of community, I think of a group of people who want to know me as well as I know myself - people who challenge my thinking, hel...

We survive in the way of faith not because we have extraordinary stamina but because God is righteous. Christian discipleship is a process o...

May there always be work for your hands to do; May your purse always hold a coin or two; May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a ...

It's one thing for the world to reject Jesus because the people in secular society consider the Gospel to be ridiculous. It is quite ano...

Those who are filled with an earthly love are ever thinking of the object of their attachment, their heart brims with affection for it, thei...

As Christians, we are people of the resurrection, therefore we are people who love to laugh, who believe that laughter is a wonderfully life...

Some years ago a sociologist accompanied a group of mountain climbers on an expedition. Among other things, he observed a distinct correlati...