1. The first prerequisite of true leadership is a happy home. The private life is the proving ground for the public life.2. Leadership is the art of pursuing the ideal in the midst of a world that is something less than ideal—and never losing sight …
How to Deal with Critics
1. “Remember, it is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and swea…
Christmas, the Gospel, and Life
The Scriptures command a reverence for life. Embedded in every book and interwoven into every doctrine is the unwavering standard of justice and mercy for all: the weak and the strong, the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the lame and the w…
Calvin on the Sanctity of Life
John Calvin, the leader of the Swiss Reformation said:“The unborn child…though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being…and should not be robbed of the life which it has not yet begun to enjoy. If it seems more horrible to ki…
Bah Humbug: As Far As the Curse Is Found
1. Humbug is an old word of indeterminate etymology meaning “spectacle” or “hoax” or “jest,” often referring to some unjustified reputation or publicity.2. Of course, the word is most often associated with Ebenezer Scrooge, a character crea…
Favorite Christmas Books
1. On Christmas: Poems, Essays, and Stories by G.K. Chesterton2. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens3. Corrie’s Christmas Memories by Corrie ten Boom4. Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon5. No Holly for Miss Quinn by Miss Read6. Village Christmas by Miss…
TR: Pro-Life Stalwart
“Never will I sit motionless while directly or indirectly apology is made for the murder of the helpless.”Theodore Roosevelt was convinced that the family was the fundamental cornerstone of society. Anything that eroded the family’s strength or …
Crafting a Winning Plan
Samuel Taylor was a proto-typical mild mannered small town pharmacist in the mid-nineteenth century. A family man, community leader, and life-long Methodist, he had a natural Midwestern aversion to controversy. But when the daughter of one of his cus…
Most Frequently Consulted Eschatology Books
1. “Revelation: Four Views: A Parallel Commentary” by Steve Gregg2. “The Last Days According to Jesus” by R.C. Sproul3. “An Eschatology of Victory” by Marcellus Kik4. “Israel and the New Covenant” by Roderick Campbell5. “Days of Veng…
New Hate Groups!
File this one in the You’ve-Got-to-Be-Kidding-Me Department: the Southern Poverty Law Center has now listed most of the nation’s most prominent and respected pro-life, pro-family, Christian organizations on its roster of dangerous “Hate Groups.” The n…
Dr. Sproul’s Must-Read Book
In the two decades since this landmark book was first published, four different presidents have occupied the White House, seven justices have come and gone on the Supreme Court, and eleven sessions of Congress have held sway in the Capitol.These federa…