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Belief compelled through fear is not belief, it is blind and forced obedience.

God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu...: God Dwells with Us, in Us, Around Us, as Us

Joy, I think, is the main fruit of the Spirit missing among Christians, and peace and self-control are the main fruits or qualities that seem to be missing among those who are not Christian.

How to Walk Worthy of Your Calling

...a marriage with Christ at the center of it pulls you right out of yourself. It teaches each partner, the husband and the wife, to forget about self for a while in care and sacrifice for the other. We come to ourselves by losing ourselves.

How to Stay Christian in College

In fact, the Devil is delighted when we spend our time and energy defending the Bible, as long as we do not get around to actually reading the Bible.

Believing God: Twelve Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept

I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God

Biography of William Carey - the Father of Modern Christian Missions

Today I wonder why it is God refers to Himself as 'Father' at all. This, to me, in light of the earthly representation of the role, seems a marketing mistake.

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

In Luke's Gospel, Jesus is never unkind to the weak. He treats Martha with humiliating honesty, just as he would treat the male disciples.

Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women

Life *is* complex, and, in many ways, life *is* beyond our comprehension today...Sometimes important questions have maddeningly complex or inconvenient answers that neither satisfy nor soothe.

50 Simple Questions for Every Christian

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches

The root of impatience in discipline is really the same as that of overindulgence. In both instances, parents want to make up for lost time, to speed up a process that takes time.

Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches

God has disclosed himself in descriptive terms that give us enough information to be able to know who he is, and he has hidden enough of himself for us to learn the balance between faith and reason.

Has Christianity Failed You?

Justin Martyr explained the distinction and the sameness of the Father and the Son with the analogy of a candle. The flame can pass from one candle to another without changing in quality or diminishing the first.

From Jesus to Christianity: A History of the Early Church

The first and foremost reality is that suffering and death are not only enemies of life, but a means of reminding us of life's twin realities, love and hate.

Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message

In the midst of all of this perfect beauty, timeless since the days of Eve, it's the touch of God creating miracles, if in your heart you just believe.

Just Believe: A Collection of Christian Poetry and Photo-Quotes

Go into relationships with a positive expectation and looking for God's glory in others.

Straight Talk to Christian Singles: Moving from Hi, How Are You? to Yes, I Do

I am an average good Christian, when you don't push my Christianity too far. And all the rest of you—which is a great comfort—are, in this respect, much the same as I am.

The Moonstone

The author sees Joseph of Genesis as a type of Christ's Pentecostal power. He who was thought dead has been raised in power, and the power is evident in the chariot he sends for his own.

The Normal Christian Life

Psychology either tends to glorify human beings or trivialize them, leaving out the complexity of the human soul and the demands of God.

Loving God with All Your Mind: Thinking as a Christian in a Postmodern World

Looking for God—or Heaven—by exploring space is like reading or seeing all Shakespeare’s plays in the hope that you will find Shakespeare as one of the characters.

Seeing Eye and Other Selected Essays from Christian Reflections

All the ancient churches were churches representative of spiritual things; the rites, and also the statutes, according to which their worship was established, consisted of pure correspondence.

True Christian Religion, Vol 1