Francisco Goya's <em>El Sueño de la Razón Produce Monstruos</em>

The monstrous results of human reasoning in the Gosnell trial

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—In American jurisprudence a man is innocent until proven guilty. But in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial that began last week, neither side…

Keeping photos from the bad old days

Faith & Inspiration |  As a child I used to like to take out the box of photos at my grandmother’s house and look through the same ones I had examined scores of times—some of…

An encouraging cloudy forecast

Faith & Inspiration |  There is a 6-year-old boy I don’t get to see often, but when I do I find him every inch a boy—well versed on Spider-Man and all his nemeses, able to leap…

Growing from a shrub to a tree

Faith & Inspiration |  Here is part of a passage from Jeremiah I was reading recently while waiting at a toll booth station for a friend to arrive: “Cursed is the man who trusts…

Praying the same words … praying the same words

Faith & Inspiration |  “And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words” (Mark 14:39). At this point, Jesus is entering the worst of his suffering now, intense enough…

Making sure Malchus had an ear to hear

Faith & Inspiration |  “And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear . Then…

Forgiveness ahead of time

Faith & Inspiration |  “And Jesus said to them, ‘You will all fall away, for it is written, “I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” But after I am…

Singing along with Jesus

Faith & Inspiration |  “And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives” (Mark 14:26). Do you ever picture Jesus singing? I have imagined him walking,

Jesus breaks the fourth wall

Faith & Inspiration |  It is called “breaking the fourth wall” when a character in a play suddenly turns to address the audience. One is startled, having up to this point…

We are not the center of the universe

Faith & Inspiration |  “And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, ‘Where will you have us go and prepare for…

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Faith & Inspiration |  God’s promises are bigger than insufficient funds

Jesus’ example of Christian liberty

Faith & Inspiration |  “For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me” (Mark 14:7). Are you wondering…

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