C. S. Lewis: "You Have Never Talked to a Mere Mortal"

Remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would strongly be tempted ...

Changing the Course of Your Life—Now!

If you were doomed to live the same life over and over again for eternity, would you choose the life you are living now? The question is interesting enough, ...

Missing the Journey for the Destination

Philip Yancey writes:

We find it difficult to maintain a commitment to both this world and the next, to this life and the next.

A friend of mine uses the ...

Girl's Change in Blood Type Deemed Miraculous

In January, 2008, a story made the rounds about a 15-year-old girl in Australia named Demi-Lee Brennan. Brennan became the world's first known transplant ...

Raising Kids without Religion

Parenting Beyond Belief is the newest resource for parents who don't believe in God.

In a review of the book, Lisa Miller explains that it "aims ...

Amy Carmichael on the Brevity of Life

We will have eternity to celebrate the victories, but only a few hours before sunset to win them.

—Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary to India (1867-1951) ...

"Gladiator": The Eternal Consequences of Our Actions

In the movie Gladiator, the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe) prepares to go to battle against a barbarian Germanic tribe. Just prior ...

Eternity Makes Life Worthwhile

Pastor and freelance writer Mark Buchanan tells about a conversation he had with a young philosophy student who was a healthy, good-looking man in his ...

Hopeful Picture of Death

Cathy Hainer was a USA Today reporter who wrote about her battle against cancer. A short time before she died, she wrote:

I have moments when the fear ...

No Earthly Satisfaction

God has set Eternity in our heart, and man's infinite capacity cannot be filled or satisfied with the things of time and sense.