We are all — every last one of us — obsessed with giving good impressions. We like to be thought of as smart, attractive, funny, virtuous, and strong; we want everyone to believe that we have it “all together.” The staff of The Ichthus is certainly no exception. It is our secret hope that...
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The Body of Christ is at war. We are at war. Easter is war. In the winter, when ice descends on Harvard and the birds fall silent, we are quick to forget the promise of new life. We succumb to the slow relentless friction of our academic existence, propelled dumbly forward by fear of...
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Any Christian who faces a crisis over which he has no control will turn to prayer. If man cannot improve, fix, or change the situation, then it very well must be God’s responsibility. At first glance, there is nothing wrong with yielding to God’s will or allowing the grace of the Holy Spirit to...
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For forty years, I have devoted myself to preaching from and teaching about the Bible, and in recent years I have written books on how to read and live with the Bible. I have been long aware of the Bible’s iconic status in American cultural life, and I realize that the various ‘battles for...
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It’s embarrassing to admit that I spent the better part of my freshman year falling in love. My plunge was total, unexpected, effortless, instant. He and I came together so forcefully, so naturally, that my only way of explaining it to bewildered friends back home was the transformation of a two-dimensional world into a...
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I saw the face of Jesus in a little orphan girl. She was standing in the corner on the other side of the world. And I heard the voice of Jesus gently whisper to my heart, “Didn’t you say you wanted to find me? Well here I am, here you are. So what now?...
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I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just gotten my first exam back from Chem 5, and I was terrified to look at the grade. I knew I had not done well; following my high school habit, I had only prepared for the exam the day before. That turned out to be...
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