The Suburbs of HeavenIn The Silver Chair, CS Lewis tells the well-known story of a young girl named Jill who finds her way into the land of Narnia and is wandering through the woods in search of some water. When she finally stumbles upon a stream, she cannot bring herself to rush forward…
We know that bad things happen in the world around us. But we also know that things could be a lot worse than they are. We know that all people sometimes say, do, and think terrible things—including Christians. But we also know that no one is as terrible as they…
Sin exists. That much should be obvious. We see it manifested in the world all around us; we see evidence of it within ourselves as well. Violence and hatred go virtually unchecked. Selfishness and pride run amok in so much of what we do and in so many of the…
It doesn’t take much in the way of discernment to see that something is drastically wrong with the world in which we live. The mere fact that people would even think of walking into an elementary school and casually and violently extinguishing the lives of the most precious and, yet,…
One of my most vivid memories from childhood is being passed over for the class reading award in first grade. I thought for sure that I was going to win it. I think I even stood up from my desk when the award was being presented only to hear someone…
On at least two occasions, in the context of speaking about forgiveness, Jesus instructs us to confront every brother or sister who sins against us and fails to repent or apologize. In Matthew 18:15, He says that we are to “go and tell” the one who has hurt us “his…
