C.S. Lewis wrote, "Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your money and so much of your work -- I want you. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures ...
his newest book, 3:16, Lucado explores that great passage we know as John 3:16. He recently visited with Preaching editor Michael Duduit about the sermon series that led to the book, then discussed hi...
Erma Bombeck once wrote about what she would do differently If I Had My Life to Live Over: "I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded. I would have ...
A missionary returning home after many years of service was asked, "Tell me what you found when you arrived in New Guinea." "Found, I found something that looked more hopeless than if I had been sent...
The reasons why I'm giving up sports: football in the fall, baseball in the summer, basketball in the winter. I've had it all. I quit attending sports once and for all, and here are my 11 excuses: 1. ...
Several years ago, Ann Landers printed in her column a poem that depicts Gossip speaking. Among other things, Gossip says, "I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives. The more I am quoted,...
The pastor James Moore of Houston tells about an elderly man who spoke at a banquet. With a broad grin and twinkle in his eye, he said, "I know I'm old because there are three things I can't remember...
Erma Bombeck once wrote about what she would do differently If I Had My Life to Live Over:...
Howard Hendricks shares this insight about the value of learning: When I was a college student - I worked in the college dining hall, and on my way to work at 5:30 every morning I walked past ...
J. Wilbur Chapman often told of the testimony given by a certain man in one of his meetings: I got off at the Pennsylvania depot as a tramp, and for a year I begged on the streets for a living. One...
Mother experiences the power of God by going to a movie with her two teenage daughters....
In a sermon by Calvin Miller, he delivered this message: “I doubt if I would even stop to pick up a penny, and yet that which was not to be treasured by me was clearly celebrated by the child. I have ...
Today, in an effort to be sophisticated and contemporary, many Christians have stopped trying to persuade others to follow Jesus Christ. I, too, have been guilty of this. When we lived in Mexico City,...
Barbara Brown Taylor writes, "When I was seven, my family moved to a new town, and the Methodist pastor came to call. Before my parents could trap him in the living room I took him on a tour of the ya...
If this is not a place where tears are understood,Then where shall I go to cry?And if this is not a place where my spirit can take wings, Then were shall I go to fly?I don't need another place for try...
I remember the late President of Princeton Theological Seminary and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Dr. James I. McCord, telling the story of two friends at a party. One confessed, "I don't k...
A beautiful blond senior shares: "When we date, we start giving gifts, like flowers or candy. When a couple becomes engaged, they give special things - a diamond and very personal things. The most per...
I thought I was the first to discover this technique of dealing with controversial issues from the pulpit. But it turns out this little find of mine has been unearthed many times in the past....
Ruth Harms Calkin does a masterful job on the subject of humility in her poem: I Wonder You know, Lord, how I serve you with great emotional fervor in the limelight. You know how eagerly I speak for ...
I smiled recently when I read about an angry church member who blustered up to his minister, saying, "I phoned you Monday, but I couldn't get you." The preacher explained that it was his day off. "...