Celebrated southern writer, Pat Conroy, had a complicated relationship with his father, a Marine aviator....
A little girl named Mary was in bed one night preparing for lights-outs. Prayers had been said and Mom had hugged her. Perhaps in an effort to put-off sleeptime, Mary asked her mother why God created ...
The Great Depression hit Mr. J. C. Penney particularly hard, endangering his very health. Anxious and desperate because of huge financial losses, he felt he had nothing to live for. Even his family an...
According to Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, a father's involvement with a child increases the child's IQ, the child's motivation to learn and the child's self-confidence. In addition, children with involved ...
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...
"In many ways, ministry is like golf. It is so difficult to get it right, but every now and again, we do it the way it should be done and gain the confidence to ‘go again.’ So keep swinging and prayin...
Communion Reward Faith honors God and God honors faith! If we abide in His will and trust Him implicitly the Lord will reward our confidence. An incident from the lives of Robert and Mary Moffat under...
A police dog responds to an ad for work with the FBI."Well," says the personnel director, "You'll have to meet some strict requirements. First, you must type at least 60 words per minute."Sitting down...
An enthusiastic believer in Christ, Dan Richardson, lost his battle with cancer. But his life demonstrated that even though the physical body may be destroyed by disease, the spirit can remain triumph...
The Orthodox Church does not have statues like the Catholic Church, but they do revere holy pictures, or icons. In Russia the most important of these icons was the Virgin of Vladimir. Both Ivan the Te...
In a speech at Hillsdale College, Jack Kemp quotes Pope John Paul II whose Veritas Splendor warns of "the risk of an alliance between democracy and ethical relativism." Says Kemp: "Too often from our ...
In one of his recent columns, investigative reporter Jack Anderson discussed how Christianity has survived persecution in the USSR. He wrote, "Reports seeping out of Russia indicate that the Christian...
The first law of Thermodynamics says that no mass or energy is ever destroyed, that it merely changes form. When a piece of wood is burned, it is not gone. Some of it becomes heat; some deteriorates...
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...
Joe McKeever
With God's help, you can leave behind the painful memories of difficult church experience....