The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.

If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.

Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is.

If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.

One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul.

You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.