The Spiritual Quagmire of Self-Esteem
The Times of London once asked leading British intellectuals to write an essay answering this question, “What is wrong with the world?” G. K. …
Archives for August 2012
Does Our Moral Teaching Create Selfishness?
When I was nine or ten years of age, I hit my sister. (I’m sure she deserved it). My parents were not happy. They sat me on the sofa. They told me …
Leaders: Let’s Not Believe Our Own Press Clippings
Years ago my brother Andy told me how he met the Lord. His ninth grade locker partner Kevin was the school drug dealer. Then Kevin had a bad trip on …
Is Modern Worship Sort of Like A Cocaine Rush?
I once met with a man—let’s call him Adam—who described himself as a, “recovering charismatic.” His mother fanatically—maybe frenetically—flitted from …