In 1961 U.S. Representative John Lewis, at the time a civil rights activist and seminary student, was beaten severely at a South Carolina bus stop. Forty-eight years later, Elwin Wilson, the man who ...
Both were men of prayer. Both of them prayed when they were dying. Both of them prayed for forgiveness when they were dying. But there is a very significant difference. When Mohammed was dying he pray...
The Puritan John Owen said: “Our forgiving of others will not procure forgiveness for ourselves; but our not forgiving others proves that we ourselves are not forgiven.” And Thomas Wats...
"To forgive is to set the prisoner free, and then discover the prisoner was you." (source unknown) ...
In his book Taking the Risk Out of Dying, Lee Griess reminds us of the cartoon strip, Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin is a little boy with an overactive imagination and a stuffed tiger, Hobbes, who comes to...
In the washroom of his London club, British newspaper publisher and politician William Beverbrook happened to meet Edward Heath, then a young member of Parliament, about whom Beverbrook had printed an...
In the washroom of his London club, British newspaper publisher and politician William Beverbrook happened to meet Edward Heath, then a young member of Parliament, about whom Beverbrook had printed an...
According to a recent news report, a Texas church received a lot of criticism for a sign that said, “Jesus Does Not Care.” ...
John Killinger tells the story of a strange custom among the Jivaro tribe in Ecuador. Every night, when tribe members tuck their children into bed, they whisper in their ears the names of people th...
David Jeremiah points out that in November 2002, "Detroit Schools Chief Executive Kenneth Burnley showed up at Southeastern High School with an announcement. Showing the students $100, he read a lette...
The famous question asks if it's harder to heal or forgive. Wisdom says they're the same....
Human Enjoined When Joseph's brothers came before him in Egypt asking for food, he faced a stiff test. Years before, they had threatened to kill him. Then they sold him into slavery. But Joseph forgav...
General Oglethorpe once said to John Wesley, "I never forgive and I never forget." To which Wesley responded, "Then Sir, I hope you never sin." Very apt, for when we reflect on how much God has forgiv...
On Sunday, July 11th there was a strange historical re-enactment in Weehawken, New Jersey. This marked the 200th anniversary of the famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Hamilton and ...
Sacred Stream Dr. Jacob Chamberlain, an early missionary to India recalls that while preaching to a group who had come to bathe in the "sacred stream" of the Ganges, a man joined them who had crawled ...
Mitsuo Fuchida flew the lead plane and led of the attack against Pearl Harbor. He was the sole survivor of the seven commanders and squadron leaders he led. Among his adventures were six crashes at...
In his very entertaining book, Bible in Pocket, Gun in Hand, Ross Pahres tells about a frontier preacher who was preaching against the sin of hatred....
In the “Flo and Friends” comic, a younger woman is talking to an older man called Mr. O. She asks, “Do you ever hold grudges, Mr. O?” He replies, “Absolutely Not! Never!&...