Words

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

Any good words, even the ability to use words, derive from the One who is the Word. Noble, insightful words propel us into more thoughtful living.

Posts

  • To convert an infidel…

    The wonder is always and always how there can be a mean man or an infidel, Faith! If I had an infidel to convert, I would take him on the…

  • Living, Not Just Existing

    I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of…

  • Wisdom About and From Suffering

    I wouldn’t want a sovereign God to defer to all of my prayers with a yes. I’m not omniscient. I don’t know what the weaving together of the tapestry of…

  • Humility’s Fearlessness

    A humble man can do great things with an uncommon perfection because he is no longer concerned about incidentals, like his own interests and his own reputation, and therefore he…

  • Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. Charles Darwin

  • Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe the oftener and the more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral…

  • Fundamentalism isn’t about what you believe. It’s about how you believe it.

  • “Understanding history is not a luxury, it’s a civic responsibility.” Garrett M. Graff

  • Between uncurious certainty and cynical doubt is the middle ground where faith and questioning meet and embrace in humility before the God of all truth.

  • “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” George Bernard…