To be a man, a boy must see a man.
A missionary deals with all the important people of the community, but he is never really one of them.
(n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.
I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman's joy at the sight of a superior performance.
It is easy to get faith into our heads. It is hard to get faith into our bloodstream.
I'm listening to my son right now.
Dinner is a cacophonous exercise of holy sanctification.
There's a difference, you know, between faith and playing make-believe. One will make you grow. The other one will make you sleep.
The sweet spot is where duty and delight converge.
The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is get...
The usefulness of a man or woman of God relies on the ability to remain distinct.
Make us, Lord, in Chesterton's distinction, travelers instead of tourists. Where the tourist defines his day by the expectation of seeing certain things, give us the traveler's openness to seeing what...
After the original rapture of conversion had settled in, (Bob) Dylan backed away from his obviously Christian lyrics and returned to his more metaphorical use of language.
Today we must begin again. Step by small step, without any more protection than comes from our own bodies.
Your commitment to Jesus is a beautiful thing, but it will eventually dwindle down, unless you fully understand His commitment to you.
My job is not to get between YOU and God. My job is to put your hand IN God's hand.
The "show business," which is so incorporated into our view of Christian work today, has caused us to drift far from Our Lord's conception of discipleship. It is instilled in us to think that we have...
I found myself speaking more slowly (in an attempt to obey the Bible in speech), as if I was speaking French instead of English.
The insights given by a great professor are a privilege to receive. To be a teacher, by contrast, calls for more ingenuity and patience; it is the canny art of coaxing insights out of the students the...
The big idea here is not, have you sinned, but are you changing?