Almost Saved Is Not Good Enough

On (Acts 26:28)--Almost persuaded to be a Christian is like the man who was almost pardoned, but he was hanged, like the man who was almost rescued, but ...

What Price Progress?

We live in a time of unprecedented discoveries, many of which tend to make life longer and living more comfortable and enjoyable. But with change and ...

Spiritual Batteries

Yesterday morning I was on the phone with our daughter who lives with her husband in North Carolina. We were having a great conversation. I was using ...

"Dead Man Walking": Finding Real Love

The movie Dead Man Walking is based on Sister Helen Prejean's mission to care for the soul of death row inmate Matthew Poncelet. Poncelet awaits execution ...

Near-Death Experiences and Hell

I came across a book written by a cardiologist at the University of Tennessee that corroborates an important aspect of the biblical message. In the course ...

"The Two Towers": Evil Cast Out

In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien portrays the classic conflict between good and evil, set in a mythical land called Middle Earth. ...

Statue of Adam Crumbles

In autumn 2002, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, a priceless 15th century marble statue of Adam toppled and shattered while no one ...

Crossing the Bridge to Heaven

Text: John 14:6

Objects:

• one sturdy plank, 10–12 feet long
• one shorter plank, three to four feet long
• one piece of flimsy scrap lumber, 10–12 feet long

"The Sixth Sense": Seeing the Unseen World

The Sixth Sense confronts a rationalistic worldview, dependent upon the scientifically verifiable, with the suggestion that there is an unseen but active ...

Senior Citizen Mistaken for Dead

On March 19, 2005, when a resident at an extended care facility in British Columbia, Canada, died, the medical personnel did what they usually did. They ...