Table of Contents
Introduction 11
Section 1 Faith for the Unexplained
A Quiet Heart 17
The Angel in the Cell 21
A Small Section of the Visible Course 23
A Lesson in Things Temporal 25
Nevertheless We Must Run Aground 28
There Are No Accidents 29
Learning the Father's Love 32
A Lighthouse in Brooklyn 34
Does God Allow His Children to Be Poor? 38
Why Is God Doing This to Me? 40
Ever Been Bitter? 44
Lord, Please Remove the Dilemma 46
Maybe This Year…? 49
Do Not Forecast Grief 53
How Long Is God's Arm? 55
There Is No Other Way 56
Moonless Trust 57
Don't Forfeit Your Peace 58
A Tiny Treasure in Heaven 60
What's Out There? 62
Love's Sacrifice Leads to Joy 64
The Incarnation Is a Thing Too Wonderful 69
The Supremacy of Christ 72
Lord of All Seasons 74
The Ultimate Contradiction 75
Section 2 God's Curriculum
God's Curriculum 81
Little Things 83
What Do You Mean by Submission? 85
Where Will Complaining Get You? 87
Humdudgeons or Contentment 89
Several Ways to Make Yourself Miserable 93
Indecision 94
The Fear of Man or Woman 96
Spiritual Opposition 98
The Gift of Work 100
The Universal Thump 102
But I Have a Graduate Degree 104
The Key to Supernatural Power 106
The Weapon of Prayer 110
Why Bother to Pray? 111
Prayer Is Conflict 113
Be Honest with God 116
An Old Prayer 117
Lost and Found 118
Thanksgiving for What Is Given 122
A New Thanksgiving 124
An Overflowing Cup 127
Hints for Quiet Time 130
Chronicle of a Soul 131
Waiting 134
God's Sheep-Dogs 137
Common Courtesy 138
Interruptions, Delays, Inconveniences 139
My Life for Yours 141
A Visit to Dohnavur 144
Regrets 148
Stillness 150
Section 3 Called and Committed
Discerning the Call of God 155
How to Discover What God Wants 157
Ungodly Counsel 159
A Man Moves Toward Marriage 161
Virginity 165
Self-Pity 170
The Childless Man or Woman 172
Church Troubles 175
My Spiritual Mother 178
A Call to Older Women 180
Starting a WOTTS Group 183
Women of Like Passions 185
Nothing Is Lost 187
The Unseen Company 189
The World Must Be Shown 191
Section 4 Our Culture in Controversy
Two Views 194
I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional 197
The Taking of Human Life 199
Give Them Parking Space but Let Them Starve to Death 202
What Is Happening 205
Can Birth Be Wrong? 207
An Unaborted Gift 208
Disposable Children 209
A New Medical Breakthrough 210
Women: The Road Ahead 213
Section 5 The Christian Home
Contexts 219
My Mother 221
Family Prayers 223
Drudgery 225
Sunday Morning 227
A Word for Fathers 229
What Is a Wife to Do? 231
Response from a Seminar 235
A Child's Obedience 236
Teaching Children 239
Working Mothers 241
Women in the Work World 244
Homeschooling 245
Too Many Children? 247
A Child Learns Self-Denial 249
Serious Play, Careless Work 252
How Much Should Children Work? 257
"…with All Your Mind" 259
Teach Your Child to Choose 261
Matthew Henry on Child Training 263
A Note to Fathers 265
The Mother of the Lord 266
