"Flatliners": Haunted by Past Sins

Flatliners is about five medical students in Chicago who are curious about what occurs to people who "flatline" (when heart and brain activity cease) ...

Avalanche Expert Dies After Letting His Guard Down

On January 14, 2005, Shane Maixner died in an avalanche. The 27-year-old and four of his friends drove to the Canyons ski resort outside Park City, Utah, ...

George Whitefield on True Conversion

George Whitefield, the great 18th century evangelist, spoke these words at a funeral service:

Do you think any farmer would have a crop of corn next year ...

Weightlifter Killed by His Own Weights

David Little was known as a man of strength. This former linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers had an impressive career in the National Football League. ...

Seven Deadly Sins Redefined

According to the London Times, the seven deadly sins—: anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, greed, and lust, which were first devised by Pope Gregory ...

Billy Graham's Defective Diamond

To explain how God sees human sinfulness, Billy Graham writes:

Cliff Barrows and I were in Atlantic City many years ago with our wives. We had had a service, ...

Open Doors Sink Ship

On April 2, 2001, the worst fishing accident in America in 50 years took place on the Bering Sea. The Arctic Rose, a 92-foot commercial fishing trawler, ...

Erwin Lutzer on God's Forgiveness

There is more grace in God's heart than there is sin in your past.

Man's "Toothache" Is a Nail in the Head

Construction worker Patrick Lawler thought he had a toothache. For almost a week, he tried painkillers and ice packs to reduce the swelling. When nothing ...

John Owen on the Inner Life

However strong a castle may be, if a treacherous party resides inside (ready to betray at the first opportunity possible), the castle cannot be kept safe ...