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Silence and Spiritual Walk: The Silence of Self-Control In Teaching and Christian Practices: Reshaping Faith and Learning, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung described a spiritual exercise she did with her students on the vice of “vainglory,” defined as “the disordered desire for attention and approval.” The exercise: No talking about yourself for...

Silence and Spiritual Walk: The Silence of Grief Nineteenth-century businessman Horatio G. Spafford suffered one tragedy after another. His son died of illness. The Great Chicago Fire destroyed much of his wealth. When he sent his wife, Anna, and four daughters to Europe, a shipwreck claimed the lives of all four girls. During his voyage...

Silence and the Gospel: Jesus as the Logos Aramaic was the lingua franca of the Middle East in the days of Jesus. Everyone spoke it. Parts of the Bible are written in it. Though Arabic replaced it as the key language for the region in the seventh century A.D., Aramaic endured through the centuries. But linguists now believe it is dying, with...

Silence and the Gospel: Pharisees’ Silence of Defeat Atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell was asked what he would do if he died and Christianity turned out to be true. He would arrive at the gates of heaven and God would ask, “Why didn’t you believe?” What would he say? Russell said he would answer: “Not enough evidence, God! Not enough evidence!”...

Silence and the Gospel: “He Did Not Open His Mouth” Preaching from Luke’s account of Jesus’ trial before Pilate, theologian Gary Millar argued that Jesus’ silence was “a calm and considered strategy,” not “despair or stubbornness.” It was more than a refusal to “put on a show for Herod” or to “be drawn into defending himself in a sham trial.

Conclusion: “For Zion’s Sake I Will Not Keep Silent” Jeremiah did not particularly enjoy being God’s prophet. It brought him “insult and reproach all day long.” But if he tried to remain silent: “His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” God Himself said that the words...

A shareholder revolt in 2017 made it impossible for Uber founder Travis Kalanick to remain the leader of his company. The loss of support from those leading the company was followed by an investigation into the practices of the ride-sharing business. Kalanick’s removal from leadership allowed people to realize the extent of the problems within...

U.S. basketball teams dominated in international competitions—until the 1988 Olympic Games, when the men’s team mustered only a bronze medal instead of the expected gold. But unlike every other country, the American team was comprised of amateur players rather than professionals. The following year the rule was changed, and for the 1992 Olympic...

After a judging scandal in women’s figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, an investigation was launched into the sport’s judging practices. Independent research found bias in most judges’ judgment, especially toward skaters from their own country. Though instructed to adjudicate the performances of all athletes impartially, judges routinely...

After an experience of healing in his life, Augustine wrote: “At that time you [God] tortured me with a toothache, and when it had grown so severe that I could not speak, the thought entered my heart that I should urge all my own people who were there to pray for me to you, the God of every kind of healing. . . . The moment we knelt down and...