I believe in Christ, like I believe in the sun--not because I can see it, but by it I can see everything else.
02736 – I Believe in Christ
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02655 – Get Lost in a Good Book!
I find that one really sees more of the country with a book than without: for you are always forced to look up every now and then and the scene into which you have blundered without knowing it comes upon you like something in a dream. from All My Road Before Me
02596 – Self-Denial in the New Testament
The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself. We are told to deny ourselves and to take up our crosses in order that we may follow Christ; and nearly every description of what we shall ultimately find if we do so...
02511 – Hardships
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
02242 – A Stable in Our World
Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.
02080 – Keep Alive the Desire for True Country
I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others do the same.
02057 – Pride is a Hindrance
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.-------------------------------gender-neutral version: A proud person is always looking down on things and people; and,...
02045 – Forgiveness Just a Lovely Idea?
Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.
01997 – How Do We Picture Hell?
We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and...
01889 – How Should We Live in an Atomic Age?
[Written in 1948] How are we to live in an atomic age?’ I am tempted to reply: ‘Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land...