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Why God Isn't Fair
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by Gerald L. Sittser
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I received many cards and letters after the accident. I am grateful few people presumed to give advice. Instead, they expressed shock, anger, and doubt. "Why you?" they kept asking. As one person commented, "Your family appeared so ideal. This tragedy is a terrible injustice. If it can happen to you, it can happen to any of us. Now no one is safe!"No
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—Issue #101
September/October 1997
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Reckless Grace
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by Michael Yaconelli
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I want to introduce a new sociological category: failers. That is, people who fail on a regular basis. People like me.I am a lay pastor of a small, not-growing church. I am not ordained. I am not seminary trained. I was asked to leave both Bible colleges I attended. I am divorced and remarried. On any given day I am capable of being a jerk with my wife
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—Issue #109
January/February 1999
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Carried By Grace
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by Tricia McCary Rhodes
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I've tried so hard to be someoneThat You'd be proud to call Your son,To earn the loveI know I don't deserve.From "I'm Coming to the Cross Again" by Stuart Townend. © 1999 Kingsway's Thank You MusicThe words of this song reflect the cry of my heart for most of my Christian life. From childhood on, I cannot think of a time when I didn't long
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—Issue #117
May/June 2000
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Drinking Deeply
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by Jerry Bridges
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EPHESIANS 2:9 IS A FAVORITE passage of Scripture to all evangelical Christians. We exult in the fact that salvation is entirely by grace through faith—not by works, so that no one can boast. We have renounced any confidence in our own righteousness and turned in faith to Jesus Christ alone for our salvation.But having come to Christ by faith, trusting
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—Issue #22
July/August 1984
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A Vessel Of Grace
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by Robert Hager
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DR. PAUL BRAND WAS SPEAKING TO A medical college in India on "… let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven" (Mt. 5:16). In front of the lectern was an oil lamp, with its cotton wick burning from the shallow dish of oil. As he preached, the lamp ran out of oil, the wick burned dry, and the
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—Issue #22
July/August 1984
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Good Enough!
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by Paula Rinehart
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One fall evening, after months of recurring chest pain and a rather hectic schedule, I found myself thinking out loud with my husband as we watched the sun sink lower and lower in the Colorado sky.We had been discussing the various pressures that clogged our lives—mostly good things, but too many and too much. It seemed the more we did, the more
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—Issue #92
March/April 1996
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You Can Say No (Without Feeling Guilty)
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by Kevin A. Miller
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Jesus clearly said, "Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you" (Mt. 5:42). Then to drive the point home, He added, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me" (Mk. 8:34).Motivated by these clear commands and by Christ's love, my wife, Karen, and I have
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—Issue #92
March/April 1996
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How To Be A Grace-Giver
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by Robert C. Crosby
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Graceless moments. We have all experienced them.The phone rings while Tim is in the shower. His wife Liz picks it up. On the other end a voice is tense with determination. "Is Tim there?!"No hello. No greeting. Right to the point."Yes, but he can't come to the phone right now," she responds. "He's getting ready for work.""Well, did he forget that
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—Issue #92
March/April 1996
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Parachutes, Thorns And Grace
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by Max Lucado
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Here is the scene: You and I and a half-dozen other folks are flying across the country in a chartered plane. All of a sudden the engine bursts into flames, and the pilot rushes out of the cockpit."We're going to crash!" he yells. "We've got to bail out!"He passes out parachutes, gives us a few pointers, and we form a line as he throws open the door.
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—Issue #96
November/December 1996
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