Wonder-struck Faith

Faith is the inborn capacity to see God behind everything, the wonder that keeps you an eternal child. Wonder is the very essence of life. Beware always ...

Kingdom Flight

I am learning that God intends salvation to be more than a ticket to heaven, and that his chief purpose in providing the church is not to transport us ...

Through Ticket to Heaven?

I sometimes wonder whether the church needs new members one-half as much as she needs the old bunch made over. Judging by the way multitudes in the church ...

"What Want I More?"

In the heart of London City,

'Mid the dwellings of the poor,

These bright, golden words were uttered,

"I have Christ! What want I more?"

Spoken ...

The Only Way

The Christian way is not the "middle way" between extremes but the "narrow way" between precipices.

Almost Saved Is Not Good Enough

On (Acts 26:28)--Almost persuaded to be a Christian is like the man who was almost pardoned, but he was hanged, like the man who was almost rescued, but ...

Would That Be in Reference?

As we returned from Vacation Bible School one summer day, my young daughter Melissa asked if we could stop at the library. When I asked her why, she explained, ...

Better Than Instructions

Pastor Clifford S. Stewart of Louisville, Kentucky, sent his parents a microwave oven one Christmas. Here's how he recalls the experience:

"They ...

Don't Call It Dull

"And the third day he rose again." What are we to make of this? One thing is certain: if [Jesus] were God and nothing else, his immortality ...

Something More at Christmas

What is supposed to be a time of peace and good will becomes, for some, a time when the reality of human greed and folly and cruelty mocks the lovely ...