He was short, soft-spoken and shy.  He didn’t believe he possessed great spiritual gifts and on more than one occasion referred to himself as God’s little servant.  He was given to depression and melancholy and … Read More

The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’   This, along with the biblical maxim, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, is the starting point of all Christian thought and … Read More

I thought scientists were going to find out exactly how everything worked and then make it work better.  I fully expected that by the time I was twenty-one, some scientist, maybe my brother, would have taken … Read More

After ten great years, it’s time for our family to leave this church.  She said this over a cup of coffee and with a hint of tears in her eyes.  She wanted me to know … Read More

It was Oscar Wilde who quipped, The trouble with socialism is that it takes too many evenings.  Had they been contemporaries, William Wilberforce may have responded, And the trouble with abolition is that it takes … Read More

Atheism is not what it used to be. Once upon a time, it seemed, God’s presence was sorely missed.  Twentieth-century philosophers and even theologians wrote God’s obituary—and then they sorely missed him.  In fact, many … Read More

It finally happened. Thirty-five years after I first started reading Time magazine, they finally named me Person of the Year. And they extended the favor to you as well. In fact, seven million copies of … Read More

How much would God have to give you in order for you to write a ‘giving check’ for $100,000? That’s the question a friend of mine heard at a conference for generous givers, a conference … Read More

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my … Read More

Indeed, the whole world was watching. It was estimated that over 30 billion people watched one of the early rounds of this year’s World Cup soccer tournament held in Germany and well over half the … Read More