I’m writing a book tentatively entitled, The Searching Pilgrim : A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to an Allegory about a man trying to find The Way to sanctification.
My good friend, William T. Hendricks, Jr., MD, says he helps perfectionists give up their punishing pursuits by telling them: You have to learn to perfect your tolerance for imperfection.In other
What made Abraham Lincoln one of the greatest, if not the greatest, President of the United States. His father was a ne’er-do-well; his mother died when he was nine; his
A few days prior to his assassination, Lincoln recounted the following dream: About ten days ago I retired very late. I had been up waiting for important dispatches from the
The people of Springfield, Illinois little realized what destiny held for Abraham Lincoln. Most pitied him. He suffered a melancholic depression after the love of his life, Ann Rutledge, died.
At the Devil’s Hour, the three o’clock nighttime that sharpens and heightens our deepest trepidations, the time when our perturbations possess us, when our forebodings are most fearful, the time
Soli Deo Gloria, a Latin term for Glory to God alone, was used by artists Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and others to signify that their work was produced
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Alice asks the Cheshire Cat, “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to walk from here? The Cheshire Cat responds, “That depends
As a young adult, the Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoevsky, arrested for treasonous acts against Tsar Nicholas I, was sentenced to death. Blindfolded, robed in white burial shroud, he was tied
Happiness Unhappiness Joy Red Lamborghini Totaled Corvette with a $15,000 unpaid note A walk in the park Corner office in Petronas Towers Windowless basement office Contentment in all things Night
If I were humble: I would know that God’s loving kindness is not based on my worldly achievements. Instead of thinking about my selfish desires I would focus on God’s
When someone asks me for a one sentence description of Christianity I answer in this way: Christianity acknowledges that God’s grace through his son Jesus Christ has forgiven the sins
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