“The man or woman who is wholly or joyously surrendered to Christ can’t make a wrong choice; any choice will be the right one.” There are few things I enjoy more than spending an evening with my brother, Mark Plaat. He consistently provides quality material to think about, while maintaining a healthy sense of criticism […]
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; […]
“The choice is not self-sacrifice or domination. The choice is independence or dependence. The code of the creator or the code of the second-hander. This is the basic issue. It rests upon the alternative of life or death. The code of the creator is built on the needs of a reasoning mind which allows man […]
“The man or woman who is wholly or joyously surrendered to Christ can’t make a wrong choice; any choice will be the right one.” This morning, while reading from an excellent chapter in A.W. Tozer’s Knowledge Of The Holy, I stumbled across a verse that caused an instantaneous transformation within my spirit and attitude. Have […]
“I fear being like everyone I hate, I fear failure, I fear losing control. I love balancing between chaos and control with everything I do. I always have a fear of going one way or another, getting lost in something, or losing everything to get lost in. And I fear being a completely acceptable sheep […]
Once upon an average morn An average boy was born for the second time Prone upon the altar there He whispered up the prayer he’d kept hid inside The vision came He saw the odds A hundred little gods on a gilded wheel “These will vie to take your place, but Father, by your grace […]
“America’s abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes. They did not starve the people to pay for America’s industrialization. They gave the people better jobs, higher wages, and cheaper […]
“Thousands of years ago, the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burned at the stake he had taught his brothers to light. He was considered an evildoer who had dealt with a demon mankind dreaded. But thereafter men had fire to keep them warm, to cook their food, to light their […]
“Thousands of years ago, the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burned at the stake he had taught his brothers to light. He was considered an evildoer who had dealt with a demon mankind dreaded. But thereafter men had fire to keep them warm, to cook their food, to light their […]
“Of course the game is rigged. Don’t let that stop you–if you don’t play, you can’t win.” How nice it would be if we had something, anything, we could devote our entire lives to. Yes, yes, I know many of us would have the claim that our lives are being devoted towards people, goals, and […]