Like a barber who is not satisfied with his haircut and keeps snipping away, I feel like some things still need to be said in this current series of chats on worldliness. 

Have you discovered that the longer the explanation of something, the more uncertain you become as to what is really being said? 

Writing to the men and women who lived in the capital of the world, the ancient city of Rome, the Apostle Paul wrote, “Don’t let the world force you into the mold” (Romans 12:2, Phillips). 

In their rather controversial book The Seduction of Christianity, authors Dave Hunt and T. A. McMahon contended that Christianity is facing its greatest challenge: the challenge of acceptability, of striving to please the masses at the cost of integrity of the faith. 

The movie, The Doctor, was the story of a young surgeon, Dr. Jack McKee, whose future is drastically changed by a cough that won’t go away and a raspiness in his voice. 

In a small, rather out-of-the-way cemetery in Upper New York is an unmarked tombstone bearing the single word, "FORGIVEN!" 

Long ago Moses told us that we were created in the image of God, but with the fall, it’s certain that some of those gracious, compassionate attributes seemed to get lost. 

If you should visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, you will find an old, weathered door dating back to the year 1492. 

Words convey powerful images, and once that image is fixed in your mind, it’s difficult to attach picture or meaning to it. 

Getting married is easy.  Staying married is more difficult.  Being happily married is life’s greatest challenge.