Old and new are always relative terms, especially when an American visits Europe. For example, in Delft in the Netherlands there is a New church built in 1420! The new church was built on the site of ...
The First Family, George W. and Laura Bush, have always included a scripture verse on their Christmas cards. Laura Bush had to change the verse on the card in light of the Sept 11th tragedy. What vers...
Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just went on thr...
In an interview in the March-April 2003 issue of The Door, preacher/author Calvin Miller observed, "Michael Card and I are kind of amateur astronomers, and he's much better at it than I am. We were in...
Let your light so shine that the world sees Christ in you, and the darkness is cast away from such radiance....
One godly man or woman can make a dramatic difference, even in the darkest of circumstances....
A friend told me about being in a boat hunting Canadian Geese in the dead of winter on a freezing lake. Bone cold the three of them in a 16-foot aluminum boat hold out for a few more minutes o...
For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn't see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon ...
In his book Falling in Love with Prayer (NexGen), Mike MacIntosh writes: "When I was a teenager I wanted so much to be accepted by my peers, and I decided that a foul mouth was a way to act like a man...
“My point is this: One of the best ways to develop your prayer life is to be attentive to the changes and growth that are occurring in your life as a result of prayer. The more you grow, the more you ...
In his sermon “Whistling in the Dark,” Frederick Buechner says: “You have to be quiet to hear …"...
Philip Nation
We’ve just finished up our message series in Jonah, and I am always devastated by what I learn in the fourth chapter. Here are my preaching notes on the subject of how we learn to take on God’s heart ...
An Interview with Mark Labberton, Sr. Pastor of First Presbyertian Church of Berkley, Califonia....
Whenever we face a communication challenge, telling a story is a good option, and sometimes it is the very best option....
Russell Moore
What we often forget is the second casualty of an abortion culture: the consciences of countless men and women....