How Splendid the Cross

How splendid the cross of Christ!

It brings life, not death;

light, not darkness;

Paradise, not its loss.

It is the wood on which

the Lord, like a great warrior,

I Can't Afford to Tithe

My 14-year-old son, Joel Porter, has a job this year. He got his first, official paycheck. Boy, was he thrilled. He came home and showed me his paycheck. ...

To Obey Is Better than Sacrifice

The utter obedience required in the military is accepted as necessary, even when one's life may be the price of that obedience. Why does the Christian ...

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 ...

Sacrificial Living's Payoff

God's wisdom is not first counsel on how to practice family values or to use common sense. It is the wisdom of His plan of grace, the wisdom of the ...

"If Any One Will Come after Me ..."

The way of Christ is not a crossless way. But if Christ is with us, and we are with him, we can survive, and we can be effective.

Christian Excellence

At the very heart of the Christian gospel is a cross--the symbol of suffering and sacrifice, of hurt and pain and humiliation and rejection. I want no ...

The Definition of Ministry

Ministry is giving when you feel like keeping, praying for others when you need to be prayed for, feeding others when your own soul is hungry, living ...

Courageous Giving

During World War II, Ernest Gordon was a prisoner along the Thailand border held by the Japanese with several hundred others. He didn't have any relationship ...

The Lamb and Lion

See the Lamb and the Lion

The Lamb says: simplicity, meekness, white fleece, smallness, innocence, purity, helplessness, submission to sacrifice. The Lion ...