Darkened Glass Reflections

Category: Character and Values

  • Scripture Sabbath Challenge—James 1:26–27

    Scripture Sabbath Challenge—James 1:26–27

    The traditions, rituals, and liturgy of the Church are valuable only to the extent that they bring us closer to Jesus. The best way to know whether we are close to Jesus is to measure how much we are reflecting His love to the world.

  • Words: The Writer’s Tools

    Profanity is not only unnecessarily offensive: It’s just plain lazy speech. It’s easy to pull one of George Carlin’s “seven words you can’t say on television” out of the hat to express an emotion: It’s more clever to choose a unique combination of words that people will remember. REAL WRITERS are artists who use words…

  • Robin Williams, Suicide, and Hope

    “If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” (Psalms 94:17-19) Over the last 27 hours, I have…

  • Christian Perfection vs. Perfectionism

    “You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48, ESV). This is one Bible verse that has gotten me into a lot of trouble over the years. It is not a problem with Scripture itself; God and His Word are perfect. Instead, it was my problem. Having a compulsive sort of…