Although it is nearly impossible for us to admit it, most of the trouble in our lives is of our…
The ministry of comfort is especially hard for men. It’s hard for a man to sit and wait; to watch,…
Tenderness is the touch of a mother’s hand on the fevered brow of a sick child. It’s her husband’s quiet…
Failure hurts! It’s disappointing, embarrassing, humiliating. Say anything you want about its benefits, say it builds character, say it teaches…
David Hogg taught a small Sunday school class of young boys. Out from that class went a young man, David…
After more than five decades in active ministry, my enthusiasm is undiminished. I’m not tired or burned out or discouraged.…
I once ministered to a tragically tormented young woman. Although she was strikingly attractive and gifted, she lived with an…
Childhood memories, whether good or bad, shape who we become as adults. For instance, my father was an avid reader…
“Self-knowledge,” according to John Gardener, “is ruled out for most people by the increasingly effective self-deception they practice as they…
A relationship seldom achieves its full potential without confrontation; but confrontation is almost always doomed to failure unless it grows…