There are no easy answers; but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
01540 – Simple Answers
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01520 – Fear Lurks Behind Perfectionism
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.
01511 – Christians and the Powerful
Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power.Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more than they are doing now.Christians should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather than considering first the possible right of the...
01507 – God’s Spirit Guides Us
The Spirit helps us discern right and wrong, and to navigate the questions and quandaries in between. In the maze of decision-making, the Spirit can be our trusted guide.
01499 – One Style, or Two Styles of Worship?
To call for two styles and to find impetus for the wintry sort of search demands boldness. It receives so little attention that anyone who defends it may well express the old reformers' anxiety: Am I alone right, and is the whole church wrong? Why in our era does the...
01493 – It is Right!
Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” And Vanity comes along and asks the question, “Is it popular?” But Conscience asks the question “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is...
01486 – Peace is Generosity
Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the result of violent repression. Peace is generosity; it is right and duty.
01321 – God IS Love!
To love is to know God precisely because God is love. The emerging community, at its best, can teach us again that love must be the first word on our lips and also the last, and that we must seek to incarnate that sacred word in the world. I recently heard a...
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...
01230 – Modeling a New Heaven & New Earth
The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings for what God will someday bring to pass.