Jesus announced a great reversal of values in His Sermon on the Mount, elevating not the rich or attractive, but rather the poor, the persecuted, and….

The surgery of life hurts. It helps me, though, to know that the surgeon himself, the Wounded Surgeon, has felt every stab of pain and every sorrow..

What I see in the Bible, especially in the book of Psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the created world, is a recognition that all good things ….

When Jesus came to earth, demons recognized him, the sick flocked to him, and sinners doused his feet and head with perfume. Meanwhile he offended pi….

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument..

Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks..

At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love..

He (Job) did not seek the Giver because of His gifts; when all gifts were removed he still sought the Giver..

There is but one true Giver in the universe; all else are debtors..

Christians are not perfect, by any means, but they can be people made fully alive..

The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required..

Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven..

As a writer, I play with words all day long. I toy with them, listen for their overtones, crack them open, and try to stuff my thoughts inside..

You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it.

Unless we love natural goods - sex, alcohol, food, money, success, power - in the way God intended, we become their slaves, as any addict can attest..

Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer it represents perhaps the most important use of time..

Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive. At Calvary, God chose to ….

As I read the Bible, it seems clear that God satisfies his "eternal appetite" by loving individual human beings. I imagine He views each halting step….

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle arou….

The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people do evil things. A lot of bad t….

True healing, of deep connective tissue, takes place in community. Where is God when it hurts? Where God's people are..