When Harland Sanders began his Kentucky Fried Chicken business, he had little capital and no money for advertising. So he grew a little beard, got a white suit, and as a Kentucky Colonel he became a w...
Christian media expert Ted Baehr says that by age 17, the average child has spent between 40,000 and 63,000 hours watching television and movies and playing video games. Parents, he says, need to be i...
A conversation between a Christian missionary and a Muslim illustrates a great point. The Mohammedan wanted to impress the missionary with what he considered to be the superiority of Islam. So he s...
England's Coventry Cathedral is one of the most impressive church buildings in the world. The old Cathedral was destroyed by Nazi bombs during World War II. After the war, Christian youth from Germany...
In Morocco's famed resort city of Marrakech it is the law that no building can be built taller than the minarets that rise above the city's mosques. No hotel, no office building, nothing can s...
Could the Untied States be headed down a path similar to that of ancient Rome? Let's look at the five key reasons for Rome's downfall, as set forth by Edward Gibbon in his classic work The Decline and...
A drive-in espresso place might be innovative enough, but Al Holm has added a new dimension to his drive-in coffee shop. You see, Al is a minister and he also serves up drive through weddings. His ...
Writing in The Sunday School Times many years ago, Newman Hall told about a Christian friend who was invited to debate publicly with some men who had no use for the Lord or the church. The believer...
The great missionary, Adoniram Judson, endured unbelievable hardship to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Burma. Hunger and privation haunted him for seven long years. Arrested and ...
When Ivo Andric was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1961, the committee cited his epic novel The Bridge on the Drina as reason enough for the award. The Bridge on the Drina is historical fic...
Dr. Jerry Newcombe
During this election season, religion has come up many times. But for the most part, we haven’t heard from many pastors....
People who live their lives without God are found to be less joyful than those who are churched and abiding in Him....
Reflections from Candlestick Park: Jonathan Petersen, Director of Media Relations for Zondervan Publishing, was in town launching a book project with San Francisco pitcher Dave Dravecky when the quake...
In Experience God in Worship George Barna observes the contemporary Christian's view of worship: "Most adults will contend that a Christian has a responsibility to worship God. However, when asked to ...
In the Sixth century the Emperor Justin II presented to the Vatican a cross. It was made of gold and covered with precious stones. The value of it is beyond calculating. In the center was a splinter o...