Run with Perseverance

When I was in college, the cross-country team ran on the golf course. The officials for the race would go out ahead, placing flags on the course to show ...

God Sent You to Finish the Race

By 7 p.m. on October 20, 1968, at the Mexico City Olympics Stadium, it was beginning to darken. It had cooled down as well.

The last of the Olympic marathon ...

Adoniram and Ann Judson

Adoniram Judson (1788-1850)

Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789-1826)

America's unlikely missionaries to the Far East

He had been a cynical actor who rejected ...

Missions, for Heaven's Sake

Having lived in South America as missionaries, my family and I realized that moving to another jungle location meant a lot of work. We knew the discomforts ...

Audience Insensitivity

To speak about global issues to inner-city people with their problems and never speak to their issues is to fail them.

Called to Proclaim

I don't perceive my call as one to protest the culture but to proclaim the Savior.

Saving Someone Else's Skin

If I am a Christian, I am not set on saving my own skin, but on seeing that the salvation of God comes through me to others, and the great way is by intercession. ...

Enormous Barrier

A feeble, nominal Christianity is the great obstacle to the conversion of the world.

Preaching through Prison Bars

Frederick Martin (1704-1750) established the ministry on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John. One secret of the success of this native of Upper Silesia ...

Some Things Stay the Same

The church's core mission never changes, but how it's accomplished is up for revision.