Spurgeon on Facial Expressions

"When you speak of heaven, let your face light up. When you speak of hell—, well, then your everyday face will do."

—Charles Haddon Spurgeon, ...

"The Pianist": A Song in the Middle of the Lion's Den

The Pianist portrays the story of Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody), a Polish musician who survived the horrors of World War II, including the execution ...

"Wallstreet": Greed Is Good

In the movie Wallstreet, Gordon Gekko is a business tycoon bent on success at any price. During his takeover bid at a paper company's stockholder ...

Disabled Surfer Stays Joyful Amidst Adversity

Bethany Hamilton, once ranked as the best amateur teen surfer in Hawaii, lost an arm to a tiger shark in October 2003. Both her compassion and competitiveness, ...

Pastor Challenges the Church to Be Colorblind

[James] Meeks [pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Chicago] hopes to persuade African American and white evangelicals to work together. And he's willing ...

Sir Edmund Hillary Overcomes Mount Everest

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you. Sir Edmund Hillary made several unsuccessful attempts at scaling Mount Everest ...

Doing More Than the Minimum

I will do more than belong, —I will participate.

I will do more than care, —I will help.

I will do more than believe—, I will practice.

I will do more than ...

Flight Attendant Serves for Christ's Sake

Author and educator, Howard Hendricks, sat in a plane that was delayed for take off. After a long wait, the passengers became more and more irritated. ...

Attitude Determines Outcome

John C. Maxwell writes:

When confronted with a difficult situation, a person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst ...

Chuck Colson's Testimony

A few years ago, Chuck Colson was standing in a long line in the airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. He and some Prison Fellowship colleagues had been traveling ...