“God knows I am worse than even the Accuser accuses. But still loves me as His own. Take my reputation. Give me Christ.” R. C. Sproul, Jr. I recently watched Gary Wilson’s TED’s talk “The Great Porn Experiment.” In this… Continue Reading
To hypocrite or not to hypocrite….that is the question. (My apologies to Mr. Shakespeare.) Have you ever noticed that one of the chief criticisms of Christians is that we are hypocrites? We’ve all heard the complaints. We don’t practice what… Continue Reading
One of the great challenges of the Christian life is to see ourselves as we really are and then to assess where we are in our growth in grace. Rather than taking honest stock of our current spiritual position, we… Continue Reading
Several years ago, a student asked me where I lived. Upon hearing my house was in the country, he looked at me, eyes wide, and in an alarmed voice implored, “You shouldn’t live there, Miz Hartley!” Bewildered, I asked him… Continue Reading