Unless a person can give reasons, there is, literally, no reason why anyone else should take that person seriously. But without reasons, all we are left with is emotional blackmail. We sometimes call it ‘moral...

Because of the Resurrection, our natural reaction must be to get past our emotional reactions as quickly as possible and reflect on what happened in light of the cross and the resurrection and our own...

What kind of ministry is that, just talking to people?” Criticism directed at Francis Schaeffer’s plan to open an obscure spot in the Swiss Alps to those who came with questions.

Hurt is a great teacher, maybe the greatest of all.

Don’t get me wrong, I like NASCAR and shopping at Nordstrom’s, but discipleship is intrinsic as a lifestyle.”~R. Alan Woods [2013]

Courage was not something one picked out of the air. It was something like a bank account. You could withdraw only so much before it was necessary to stop, to take the time to make...

The evangelical wing of the Church spends a lot of energy on being “born again” but little time on “growing up” again. There is a failing to encourage newborn believers out of the maternity ward...

The only way to reduce ugliness in the world is to reduce it in yourself,

Redemption came as a wave of relief, but then it followed with a burden.

Never was living beauty so enchanting as a dying Saviour.

Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ,...

There was no keenness in the eyes; they seemed rather to be shedding love than making observations; they had the liquid look which tells that the mind is full of what it has to give...

Our awareness of God starts where self-sufficiency ends.

A big part of me needed something outside myself to tell me who I was. The thing that had been designed to tell me who I was was gone.

Managing relationships (with start ups) is more like teaching.

When it comes to biblical counseling, friendship is central to the counseling relationship because it is a key aspect of the Gospel. Paul’s words display it; Jesus’ actions approve it. In Jesus Christ, friendship has...

As frustrating as the battle for purity must be, I suppose it’s easier if you’ve got company.

Your child may be under more stress than you realize. Remember that situations around to past experiences. Just because you do not see something as a big deal does not mean it is not for...

Jesus lived in occupied territory, in poverty and misery, and his stories and preaching are all about food, land, liberation from bondage and servitude and get. He preached about providing for those who lacked the...

We do not handle suffering. Suffering handles us.

I’m not trying to bleed you. I want to renew you.

It is easy to get faith into our heads. It is hard to get faith into our bloodstream.

I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may,...

True love is generative. It is the only kind that makes more of itself as it goes along.