"You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond...
"Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit is in them-living and breathing God!" (Rom 8:5, MSG)Have...
I was so shocked when I visited Jersey and discovered that during World War II, numerous islanders wrote anonymous letters to the Gestapo, denouncing those selling or hoarding food; sheltering or offering help to escaped slave laborers; or listening to the BBC radio....
"God told Moses, 'I'm in charge of mercy. I'm in charge of compassion.' Compassion doesn't originate in our bleeding hearts or moral sweat, but in God's mercy. The same point was made when God said to Pharaoh, 'I picked you as a bit player in this drama of my...
My father taught me a powerful lesson I’ll never forget.His own father, my grandfather, was a mining engineer and his family lived in the Philippines prior to World War II. After Japan invaded the Philippines in 1941, foreigners were rounded up and incarcerated....
"You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and your place in God's family." (Matt 5:9, MSG)"Blessed [are] the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God." (Matt 5:9,...
"Say you are out on the street and an old enemy accosts you. Don't lose a minute. Make the first move, make things right with him. After all, if you leave the first move to him, knowing his track record, you're likely to end up in court, maybe even jail. If that...