If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends.
People who live according to the pure code of honor are not governed by the profit motive; they are governed by the thymotic urge, the quest for recognition. They seek the sort of glory that can be wo...
(n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend, so I figure I better get moving.
Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.
As soon as (Teddy Roosevelt) received an assignment for a paper or project, he would set to work, never leaving anything to the last minute. Prepared so far ahead freed his mind from worry and facilit...
if we are wayfarers who want to return home, then we must see the world as a means of transportation (terestibus vel marinis vehiculis) and always remember to distinguish the means and ends.
The overemphasis on standardized tests forces teachers to teach the same restricted, unintuitive curriculum. Longtime educator Brent Evans has said that today's schools are organized as assembly lines...
although the stress response was involuntary, the relaxation response required practice.[6]
With passion you want to possess. The conversion of passion into compassion is the whole problem of marriage.
It is in my internal and external struggles, when it feels like someone is river-dancing on my last nerve, that the fruit of the Spirit is developed.
Having a big family is costly and invasive. As we realize how big our family is in Christ, how our family obligations transcend our artificial boundaries, there ought to be a weightiness to our respon...
We are not built for mountains and dawns and artistic affinities; they are for moments of inspiration, that is all. We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff of life, and this is where we ha...
I always have the feeling we are merely fearfully trying to save room for God; I would rather speak of God at the center than at the limits, in strength rather than weakness, and thus in human life an...
He's not a safe safe or a tame God, securely lodged behind the bars of a distant Heaven; He has the most annoying manner of showing up when we least want Him; of confronting us in the strangest ways.
The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.
Christ distributes courage through community. He dissipates doubt through fellowship. Max Lucado
Jesus did not spend the same amount of time with everyone. He chose twelve and spent a majority of his time with them. There were toxic people that he spent hardly any time with. For example, the Phar...
Friends usually bring out better versions of each other. People feel unguarded and fluid with their close friends.
When you choose to love someone who is no longer attractive to you, he or she will become attractive.
I wanted to explain so much to him at that moment, but you can't give a six-year-old the perspective of a 40-year-old, not really, so I gave him the short course.