"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers": Redemption

The Two Towers is the second installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. In order to save Middle Earth from the forces of evil, Frodo and Sam must take ...

Max Lucado Sets Off Burglar Alarm

Max Lucado writes in Back Door:

I rolled out of bed early…, real early. I'd been on vacation for a couple of weeks, and I was rested. My energy level ...

Woman Wants God but Not Morality

Philip Yancey wrote of a friend of his named Susan, a Christian who told Yancey "that her husband did not measure up and she was actively looking ...

Woman Tells Man He's Going to Hell

A drunken man got on the bus late one night, staggered up the aisle, and sat next to a woman who was clutching a Bible.

She looked the wayward drunk up ...

"Shrek": Looking Beyond Appearances

The animated movie Shrek celebrates the worth of society's undervalued people. It revolves around a boorish ogre, Shrek, who finds a friend in a talking ...

Legalism: When Application Trumps Intent

In an interview with Preaching Magazine, preacher, professor, and author Haddon Robinson warns against the danger of legalism:

When an abstract concept ...

Crossing the Generation Gap

Bill is wild haired; his wardrobe for college is jeans and a T-shirt with holes in it. He recently became a believer while attending a campus Bible study. ...

State Trooper Uses Biblical Principles to Keep His Cool

Jay Kesler, former president of Taylor University, told about a state trooper who was awarded an "Outstanding Trooper" award.

Kesler, who attended ...

Slander Destroys Churches

About 20 years ago, I said something impromptu to the new members standing in a row across the front of the church. As we received them, the Holy Spirit ...

Hold Your Judgment

A grocery store check-out clerk once wrote to advice-columnist Ann Landers to complain that she had seen people buy "luxury" food items—like ...