Someone asked an ex-paratrooper how many jumps he had made. He responded by saying, "None! I was pushed out 18 times!" For some Christians, that story describes their initiative -- or lack thereof. ...
I had an epiphany while listening to Johnny Cash that transformed the way I preached the Psalms. ...
As a young seminarian at Princeton Theological Seminary in supervised clinical work at Trenton State Hospital, a psychiatric institution in New Jersey, each Monday I was given a list of patients whom ...
Stan Toler observes, "It is never enough to be efficient, capable, or talented. A leader must have character, first and foremost. We must maintain our integrity if we are to lead successfully."...
C.S. Lewis called pride "spiritual cancer," which eats up love and contentment. It is actually a sign of our own insecurity and feelings of inferiority. Spurgeon poetically warned us not to be proud o...
Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven but they don't want to believe, do or say anything to get there?...
At church camp when I was a teenager, an ugly rumor about two of our counselors quickly became the talk of the camp. The next day, at morning prayer, the minister read the story of the adulterous woma...
One of the most popular Celtic bands in the world is Clannad. Their music has been featured in movies like Patriot Games and Last of the Mohicans. The lead singer with the distinctive, haunting voice ...
What A Grandma Is A grandmother, according to a little bulletin sent out by the Hutchinson, Kansas, Leisure Years Center, is a lady who has no children of her own, so she likes other people's little b...
I know Bible metaphors are sometimes lost on children, but I temporarily forgot the day my 3-year-old volunteered during lunch, "I got Jesus in my heart." "That's great," I replied. "It makes me happy...
A 2002 regional survey by the Delaware Council on Gambling Problems (DCGP) found that more than 30% of all high school students gamble periodically," according to a July 22 story in Agape Press news s...
Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God have to do this to me?" A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke...
Let’s suppose you’re a pastor and you’re preaching this Sunday. That’s six days away. To the man or woman in the pew, that seems like a long time, but it’s not. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Preacher’s ...
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. And we speak of these things in w...
A Pentecostal minister cannot respond to our postmodern world with strategies that deal only with surface issues. Instead, he or she must create new methods of sharing the message without disturbing t...
Parents ask this question on a daily basis. “Should I microwave some TV dinners or make a salad? Pastors make similar decisions for their church families on a weekly basis. Every week, every pastor wo...
Top Ten Things People Won't Say When They See the Christian Bumper Sticker or More Subtle Fish Symbol On Your Car: 10. "Look! Let's stop that car and ask those folks how we can become Christians." 9. ...
David Jeremiah points out that, "The Dead Sea is so salty it contains no fish or plant life. Why? There are absolutely no outlets! A great volume of water pours into it, but nothing flows out. Many in...