When King Edward VIII Gave Up His Throne

The documentary A King's Story tells the story of the life of Great Britain's King Edward VIII and his abdication of the throne for the love of ...

God Suffered as You Suffer

Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, writes:

Christianity does not so much offer solutions to the problems of suffering, ...

We Are Like a Contorted Christmas Tree

There it stood—the best tree in the lot. It was the second Christmas of our married life, and with newlywed-like impulse, we decided to forego the ...

"The Lion King": Honoring Christ's Birth

Disney's animated movie The Lion King, portrays the struggle between good and evil through the adventures of a lion named Simba. Son of the lion king, ...

Purpose of Incarnation

He became what we are that he might make us what he is.

Jesus Understands Our Pain

Author and speaker Jill Briscoe recalls:

In Croatia I was asked to speak to a church gathering for about 200 newly arrived refugees. Refugees from this ...

Vulnerability of God

World War II was drawing to a close. The German army was sending children to man the lines in a futile effort to stop the allied invasion into their homeland. ...

Jesus: Human and Divine

If we had been told that God was coming into a man's life… that must be something very terrible and awful. That certainly must rend and tear ...

Christmas: Unpredictable God

Frederick Buechner, in The Hungering Dark, writes:

Those who believe in God can never in a way be sure of him again. Once they have seen him in a stable, ...

Jesus from Heaven to Earth

Author and pastor Leith Anderson writes:

Several years ago I was visiting Manila and was taken, of all places, to the Manila garbage dump and saw something ...