Intercessory Prayer for a Fearful Friend

Arlyn Lawrence writes in "The Other Great Commission?":

Carrie was a casual acquaintance from church—an outgoing person with a quick smile ...

Only God Is Great

In 1717, King Louis XIV of France died. Preferring to be called "Louis the Great," he was the monarch who declared, "I am the State!" ...

Chinese Children Stand for Christ

Near the beginning of 2005, Chinese officials from the Public Security Bureau burst into a Sunday school room at a local church. They found 30 children ...

The Difference Between Courage and Fear

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."

—General George Patton, as heard from Chaplain George Metcalf

Love Saves Disabled Man from Violence

Al Janssen writes in "The Marriage Masterpiece":

Late one evening, while attending a conference in the German city of Hamburg, I boarded a commuter ...

The Prevalence of Peer Pressure

More than a hundred years ago, Soren Kierkegaard warned that the age of the crowd was upon us. In such an age, said Kierkegaard, people would not think ...

Life Without Fear

He who loves God with all his heart dreads neither death, torment, judgment, nor hell, for perfect love opens a sure passage to God.

Greater Love...

Do not be too quick to assume that your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he thinks you are a savage. ...

Sharing the Unique in Ourselves

I have found that the very feeling that has seemed to me most private, most personal, and hence most incomprehensible by others, has turned out to be ...

The Trouble with Being a Hero

Being positive is part of being a hero--maybe the hardest part, because if you are a hero you're smart enough to know all the reasons why you should ...