Missionary Saves Lives of Twins

A 2007 article syndicated in the Agence France-Presse told of a town in Southwest Nigeria that calls itself "The Land of Twins." Why the odd nickname? ...

How a City Restored Families

During the 1970s and '80s, Chattanooga, Tennessee, was a decaying city. Divorce was rampant. Half of all births were to unwed mothers. Single women were ...

Function of Salt

In The Journal of Biblical Counseling, Timothy Keller makes the following observation about salt:

The job of salt is to make something taste good. I don't ...

Salt of the Earth

In his book Led by the Carpenter, D. James Kennedy writes:

A man walked into a little mom-and-pop grocery store and asked, "Do you sell salt?" ...

Mashed Potatoes Need Salt

My wife and I do a great deal of entertaining, particularly with students. Once as we sat down, I looked at my wife and her face went absolutely white. ...

How to Make a Horse Drink

I dare you to eat one pretzel. All I have to do is to pick up one of those things, and I'm hooked. The salt in that pretzel creates a desire for more. ...

Salt or Honey?

Sometime in my ministry, the church I served changed from being a church desiring to be salt to a church desiring to be honey to help the world's ...

Where Is the Church?

You know what your own country is like. I'm a visitor, and I wouldn't presume to speak about America. But I know what Great Britain is like. I ...

Seasoned Salt

Sodium is an extremely active element found naturally only in combined form; it always links itself to another element. Chlorine, on the other hand, is ...

Let It Shine

Robert Bellah, a sociologist who teaches at the University of California at Berkeley, is very interested in the influence of religion on the community. ...