Accidental Conversion

For months after we met I found myself listening to him, wondering at the old man carrying out the words, 'Leave all and follow Me.' But little ...

Convince Them with Joy

If we can convince people that we are onto something that's full of joy, they'll stampede one another to follow us.

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. ...

Candace, Queen of Ethiopia

Candace was a queen of Ethiopia, the one mentioned in (Acts 8:27) in the story of Philip witnessing to an Ethiopian eunuch who was this queen's treasurer. ...

Of Choice and Conscience

The late golf champion Babe Didrickson Zaharias once disqualified herself from a golf tournament for having hit the wrong ball out of the rough. "But ...

Clay Shiver: No Thanks, Playmates

Florida State University's sports information department had big news for Clay Shiver early this year [1995]: Playboy magazine had selected him for ...

Where Were God's People?

When disaster strikes and innocent people suffer, or especially when something bad happens to a good person, Christians often ask, "Where was God?" ...

The Problem with American Christians

The main problem with American Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they are not what they should be right where they ...

Punished for Righteousness

A 16th century man who did not drink to excess, curse, or abuse his workmen or family could be suspected of being an Anabaptist and thus persecuted.

Faith to Tell the Truth

Kim Duk-Soo will never forget November 20, 1950. That was the day Communist troops found him hiding with his father in a root cellar.

Kim, now the administrator ...