"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household," (Ephesians 2:19, NASB) Too often I have experienced situations, even in good churches, where people lose sight of the fact … [Continue reading]
C. S. Lewis on educators
"The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts. The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments. By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the … [Continue reading]
6 principles to avoid moral failure
To my knowledge, no-one who experiences moral failure set out to end up there. No-one gets up in the morning and declares that it looks like a good day to fail. Failure is not a goal; it is a consequence of choices made along the way. So how can we … [Continue reading]
Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places?
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ," (Ephesians 1:3, NASB) When I read this verse, there is something that haunts me. Paul tells me that I … [Continue reading]
