How Our Standards Erode

Integrity, whether at work or at home, is not the sort of thing you work on every now and then. You don't set aside one day a month to work on your ...

New Year's Resolutions and the Importance of Community

With a new year just around the corner, most of us are busy scribbling down resolutions. We desire radical change in the way we look, the way we behave, ...

Jesus Flavored or Jesus Filled?

[The label on the bottle said:] "Blueberry Pomegranate, 100 percent juice, all natural."

[There was also a picture of] a ripe pomegranate [spilling] ...

Little Things, Tremendous Consequences

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.

—Bruce Barton, ...

Hospital's Palestinian Christian Janitor Tries to Save Dying Israeli Soldier

In his book Jesus, the Middle-Eastern Storyteller, Gary M. Burge, Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, shares a story told to him by a theology ...

Missionaries Learn Valuable Lesson in Language School

Anglican priest and author Michael Green shares the following story to remind us of the impact of our actions long before our words:

I read about a missionary ...

God Never Wastes His Children's Pain

Amy Carmichael (1867–1951) was a missionary to India who suffered enormously in her life. She once wrote these words:

I have noticed that when one ...

Basketball Player Purposely Misses Free Throws

When Johntell Franklin's mother lost her battle with cancer on February 7, 2009, no one was surprised to hear that Franklin, a senior forward for ...

The Kind of Courage Hollywood Ignores

Mike Erre writes in “When Guys Need God”:

The problem with looking to Hollywood for the image of masculinity (even those true-to-life stories ...

Missionary Learns Valuable Lesson from African Pastor

Helen Roseveare, a medical missionary in Africa, was the only doctor in a large hospital. There were constant interruptions and shortages, and she was ...