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What the Lord's Prayer teaches us about the structure of our prayers

Here are four good reasons to read good books: To know, to grow, to lead, and to love.

I do not know what tends to occupy your life. If you are like most people, including myself, it trends toward the trivial and mundane.

Don't presume to know what only God can know.

What bravery looks like on an exile

Christians have throughout the centuries—and most especially following the Protestant Reformation—arrived at very different understandings about a...

We all know we are suppose to evangelize, but why don't we?

While I was in Zambia, I missed a very important funeral and a sudden open heart surgery of one of our elderly members. Because of this, my time in...

Malcolm Gladwell claims that in 50 years, no one will remember Steve Jobs, but statues to Bill Gates will fill the Third World.

If you're going to talk the talk, you'd better walk the walk.

A recent article in Salon suggests that the idea of cyberspace will soon come an end, and I tend to agree. While there would be some loss, I...

For Michael fans like me, his life is a cautionary tale. It reminds us that those thing for which we so desperately grasp cannot ever, ultimately,...

We’ve all read the headlines about the historic resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the first such resignation in over 600 years.

If we dare to say we are looking for Jesus, he will invite us to come and spend the day with him.

Unless the faith of preachers is in Christ alone–-and not in any other person, ecclesiastical institution, theological system, moral prescription,...