"Chariots of Fire": Pleasing God

Chariots of Fire is the true story of two British runners competing in the 1924 Olympics. Eric Liddell is a devout Christian and one of the finest runners ...

A Friend's Refusal to Let Go of Endangered Friend

A recent USA Today article portrayed vividly the courage of true friendship:

Anne Hjelle and Debbie Nichols were friends who were mountain biking on a ...

Roman Sentinel Stands Guard to the Very End

When the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the city [of Pompeii in A.D. 79], many people were buried in the ruins. Some took cover underground, and the ...

Charles Simeon's Long-Term Leadership

Even before finishing his degree, and still lacking pastoral experience, Charles Simeon put his name forward for the pastorate of Cambridge's Holy ...

Barth Challenges Bonhoeffer to Return to Germany

In 1933, Karl Barth wrote his discouraged colleague Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Disgusted with the German Christian response to Hitler, Bonhoeffer had fled Germany ...

Johnny Cash's Wife Confronts His Drug Abuse

Singer Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, died May 15, 2003. As a follower of Jesus, she displayed many Christlike qualities. In particular, she ...

Writer Judith Viorst on Marriage

"One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until ...

Prisoner of War Finds Living Harder than Death

The obituary of Colonel Floyd J. Thompson said that for nine years he "endured cold cells, jungle cages, and torture in Vietnam, becoming the longest-serving ...

Richard Harris on Commitment

Richard Harris, famous for his roles as King Arthur in Camelot (1967) and Prof. Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies (2001, 2002), died on October 25, ...

Stir Up Your Gifts

Reverend Thomas Tewell writes:

My friend Andy Eddington, once the president of Shriner College in Texas, would go to prisons and preach to men on death ...