Dear Ann Landers: I am writing from behind bars. The charge? A felony - child molesting. Not a pleasant subject, I realize, but this letter is not being written to be pleasant or to gain sympathy. Yo...
What do you do when experience teaches that you cannot win for losing?...
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...
I am an expository preacher, and I am also a Pentecostal. Admittedly, these two categories are not often used in the same sentence....
The pathway to being lost in the middle of your own ministry story is a road that has been traveled by many. Inspecting their journey can help you understand yours....
David Jeremiah wrote: "It would be nice to be told, when we leave on a long car trip, something like this: 'I want you to know that you are going to reach your destination safely and on schedule. Rega...
Adrian Rogers recently wrote, "Nothing can separate you from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus your Lord. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor ...
A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't k...
A strange event occurred on September 17, 1997 in Bologna, Italy. Bob Dylan sang and played for Pope John Paul II. The occasion was a religions congress for young people....
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 ...
Fred Craddock was the visiting preacher at a church one Sunday afternoon when a van full of ragged teenagers pulled in. They looked in bad shape as they sat on their bedrolls, waiting for their parent...
How old are you, Grandpa? How long have you been working on that aging process?...
A strange event occurred on September 17, 1997 in Bologna, Italy. Bob Dylan sang and played for Pope John Paul II. The occasion was a religious congress for young people. It was a chance for the 77-ye...
Jim Cymbala, Pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle, tells the following story: It was Easter Sunday and I was so tired at the end of the day that I just went to the edge of the platform, pulled down my tie an...
Joe McKeever
Listen as the congregation files out of the sanctuary on Sunday, and you'll hear the common refrain: "I didn't get anything out of ___ [fill-in-the-blank] ___."...
Joe Foss was a bonafide hero. After a good, long life of 87 years, he passed away on January 1st 2003....
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...
The late Erma Bombeck made these New Year's resolutions: 1. I'm going to clean this dump just as soon as the kids grow up. 2. I will go to no doctor whose office... ...
Preaching through books of the Bible can be difficult, but pastors must embrace that challenge....