Sometimes I think the late Neil Postman is the prophet for out time. After reading about the Miley Cyrus photo fiasco, I am convinced of this. If you have a pre-teen daughter, you know that Miley is t...
Since 2003, John Ortberg has served as senior pastor of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California....
Charles Swindoll wrote, "Who really cared? His was a routine admission to busy Bellevue Hospital. A charity case, one among hundreds. A drunken bum from the Bowery with a slashed throat. The Bowery … ...
In a recent column, Chuck Colson talked about the prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq and how it could have happened: "As I've tried to figure out how this travesty occurred, I've considered my own experie...
A. D. Correll is the CEO of Georgia-Pacific, the leading forest-products company in the country. Recently Sky magazine quoted Correll on the value of trees. He said that a growing tree is "the most wo...
According to Aesop, a miser sold all his possessions and bought a lump of gold, which he then buried in a hole beside an old wall. Every day he went to visit it. One of his friends took note of his ...
Wally Rendel, Pastor of Southern Acres Christian Church in Lexington, KY, sent this moving story in response to our request for Easter illustrations and sermon ideas: Our daughter, Jill Marie Rendel, ...
A guest at a hotel was in a hurry to check out when he realized he did not have his briefcase. He went to the bellboy and said, "Would you please hurry to room 1203? I think I left my briefcase there....
"In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph. It seems that he must have been influenced by Paul's teaching of the resurrection of the body. Here is how it read: 'The Body ...
In his book What's Good About This News? (Westminster John Knox Press), David Bartlett tells this story: "My wife and I have friends who have a wonderfully mixed family, mixed in part because one of ...
Guard against what you ingest--physically, mentally and spiritually....
A manufacturing plant was in full swing one day. The company's massive machine was humming along, taking in the raw materials at one end and churning out the finished product at the other. Suddenly, t...
The Task A man had built a prosperous business through zealous toil and honest dealings. As he advanced in age, he felt concerned about the future of his enterprise because he had no close relatives e...
Mark Dever explains why the regular diet of the church should consist of the explanation and application of particular portions of God’s Word. ...
We have heard of the place called Death Valley. Normally it is barren and forbidding, but every once and a while it explodes with color....