The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
01363 – Why is the World Dangerous?
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01358 – This World vs. Next World
If you think being religious, being Christian, being spiritual is getting ready for the next world, you've missed the message of Jesus. Jesus didn't come here to get you ready for the next world; he came into this world to transform you into people through whom he...
01354 – Being There for Others
The church is church only when it is there for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell people in every calling what a life with Christ is, what it means "to be there for others." from Letters and Papers from Prison
01351 – Are You Human, or Just Alive?
If you feel pain you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.
01335 – Sex & Society
Our society is filled with people for whom the sexual relationship is one where body meets body but where person fails to meet person.
01326 – The In-Between Space of Life
The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life in between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted; thence proceeds...
01313 – Remember Your Baptism
Luther said, "Remember your baptism." How can people do that? In Luther's church, most of the baptisms were of infants. They were brought by their mothers and fathers and they were baptized. So how could they remember their baptisms? Luther knew that when they became...
01312 – Wisdom is Gained by Practicing
Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails. Wise people do not have to be certain what they believe before they act. They are free to act, trusting...
01309 – Salvation is Both Personal and Social
Salvation is personal, but this hardly needs emphasis... What does need emphasis is that Salvation in the Bible is also social. Ancient Israel's story is a story of the creation of a new people, a nation, a community. Salvation is about life together. Salvation is...
01301 – Going Upstream
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.