I want a pastor who will stop slathering fresh layers of bitumen on his egomaniacal Babel and believe instead that his hope isn’t in being well-liked.

When it comes to suffering, avoidance and escape are our defaults. But there is an invitation to consider the trials in our lives as sources of joy.

I wonder how the resolutions of us donut-eaters might stack up to these from Jonathan Edwards.

Limits are gifts that help us remember that our greatest gift is a God who is limitless.

As awkward and abrasive as it might sound to my son’s little ears, I will continue to tell him that I love Jesus more.

Resolved, That I will do whatsoever I think to be most to the glory of God . . .

On Halloween night 1998 I threw a party in my apartment. I had girls, booze, weed, and cocaine. On that Halloween night, I was geared up for what I expected to be a good time. But my friend Dave didn’t respond like I expected he would.

While Superman is a character of fiction, the battle between selflessness, self-interest, and self-limitations is very real.

The best place to repair an airplane is on the ground. This minimizes moving parts, leaves less room for error, and removes the almost certain fatal result if the repair goes wrong. But mission never stops and in the real world this is often not an option.

Resolved, constantly, with the utmost niceness and diligence, and the strictest scrutiny, to be looking into the state of my soul, that I may know whether I have truly an interest in Christ or no.