The Roots of Truth
The New Testament is rich with helpful ideas—if we know where to look. A good gardener of biblical ideals is not only occupied with truth’s flower but with the whole dynamic of growth from seed thought to full realization. We are...
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A New Heart
Inside out It is quite common for an unbeliever to believe that mankind, although not perfect, is fundamentally good. Even many believers hold to a watered-down form of this belief where they technically admit that every one of us is a...
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A Sound Heart
Submitting to the truth "A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.” The will, the intellect, and the emotions—the very core or heart of man—is fallen. One need not turn very many pages in...
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After God’s Own Heart
Does my heart work like His? Most of us will recognize the title topic as a description of David, as recorded in 1 Samuel 13:14. Paul also makes reference to it in Acts 13:22, and this is perhaps even more instructive...
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A Joyful Heart
Enjoying the Christian life depends on our focus I once went to my father and said, “ I’m not happy, Dad.” He patiently sat down with me in his study and listened to my woes. After a nice chat, he sent...
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A Broken Heart
Brokenness: The pathway to blessing Normally, when something breaks it loses value. For example, a collision decreases the worth of an automobile, and a shattered keepsake is remorsefully discarded as a total loss. Within the physical realm, the laws of nature...
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A Willing Heart
Eager or reluctant? The Law that God gave to His Old Testament people, Israel, contained a great many commandments pertaining to the moral and spiritual lives of each individual. But it is not without significance that, proportionally, far and away the...
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A Pure Heart
“Clean the inside … that its outside may become clean also.” In a modern world so full of the artificial, and so transformed by the synthetic, we have almost lost an appreciation for the authentic. Society has traded foundational life principles...
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