"Beauty and the Beast": Sacrificial Love

Beauty and the Beast, a Walt Disney animated movie, tells the story of a beautiful French girl, Belle, who finds the love of Beast, a prince condemned ...

Saved from Danger by Love

Several years ago my wife, Kathy, and a friend gathered up their kids and made a trip to the St. Louis Zoo. A new attraction had just opened called "Big ...

Save the Lamb to Save the Ram

Several years ago we were kneeling on cushions around a long, low dining table in a private hotel suite in Japan. The air was seasoned with celery and ...

Gold Doesn't Save

Lt. George Dixon was a genteel, well-respected man in the Confederate Army. In the early days of the war, his fiancée gave him a $20 gold piece. ...

Gandhi Can't Compare to Christ

Author Michael Green writes:

Only Jesus fully understands God the Father. Great people have discovered and taught many true and noble things about God. ...

Uniqueness of Christ

Newsweek religion editor Kenneth L. Woodward writes:

Clearly, the cross is what separates the Christ of Christianity from every other Jesus. In Judaism ...

Steven Van Zandt: Christianity Plus

"I am a reformed Taoist, part-time Buddhist, Hindu, animist, pagan, Jewish mystic, and Christian. I always got along great with priests and rabbis ...

Our Ramp to God

In Love Found a Way, Ron Mehl writes:

Whenever I drive to the east side of Portland over the Marquam Bridge, I'm reminded of what it took for God to ...

George Lucas on Belief in God

Star Wars director George Lucas said in Time:

"I put the Force in the movie (Star Wars) in order to awaken a certain kind of spirituality in young ...

Living in Relationship

Just as husband and wife live out their lives against the backdrop of being married, so do we live out the entirety of our lives against the backdrop ...