Martyrdom in the Modern World

It is estimated that more people have been martyred for Christ in the past 50 years than in the church's first 300 years.

Paul's Prisons

Paul may have spent as much as 25 percent of his time as a missionary in prison. We know of his brief lock-up in Philippi, two years' incarceration ...

Are We Talking Problems or Solutions?

The following story shows how the difference between men's and women's communication styles can lead to misunderstanding in marriage:

Eve had a ...

Making and Bearing Crosses

And, on the contrary, I am more apprehensive that sufferings must be the Church's most ordinary lot, and Christians indeed must be self-denying cross-bearers, ...

Real Fruitfulness

Living with ... handicapped people, I realize how success-oriented I am. Living with men and women who cannot compete in the worlds of business, industry, ...

Proclaiming Christ in Bolshevik Russia

In the 1920s, on the heels of the Bolshevik Revolution when Joseph Stalin was extending his chokehold over all of what became the Soviet Union, he sent ...

Diseases that Heal the Soul

God is often (in some sense) nearer to us, and more effectually present with us, in sickness than in health. ... He often sends diseases of the body to ...

Recognizing Grace

The work of spirituality is to recognize where we are--the particular circumstances of our lives--to recognize grace and say, "Do you suppose God ...

Tentmakers Priscilla and Aquila

What the Roman emperor Claudius meant for evil turned out for good for Priscilla and Aquila. They were living in Rome in 49 when Claudius expelled all ...

Good from the Fire

No trouble seems pleasant at the time. Yet in God's economy, it is this pain which brings forth new faith. How often we hear, "I thank God for ...