Silencing the Foolish

Oh brethren, what abundance of good works are before us, and how few of them do we undertake to do. I know the world expects more of us than we do ourselves, ...

Walking in God's Light

Lord, loosen in me the hold of visible things;

Help me to walk by faith and not by sight;

I would, through thickest veils and coverings,

See into the chambers ...

Holy Spirit Orchestrates

God's Holy Spirit orchestrates our lives to touch others--strangers, friends, work-related people, service-industry workers and more--if we would ...

Today's Testimonies

So much so-called "testimony" today is really autobiography and even sometimes thinly disguised self-advertisement, that we need to regain a ...

A Shining Light

I am the light of the world, the founder of the Christian religion said. What a stupendous phrase! And how particularly marvelous today, when one is conscious ...

Behind Enemy Lines

While carrying tracts to Union troops, one preacher was seized by Confederates as a spy.

John Vassar distributed tracts for the American Tract Society ...

Ministering at Any Age

Elizabeth Dole writes in Christian Reader:

My grandmother practiced what she preached and lived her life for others. When it became necessary for her, ...

Silent Witness

Beverly Hamilton writes in Today's Christian Woman:

For several months, I'd been trying to lead Sharon, a co-worker, to the Lord. One day, she ...

Preach with Conviction

I think it was Goethe who said, after hearing a young minister, "When I go to hear a preacher preach, I may not agree with what he says, but I want ...

Why Leave the Cross Inside?

A few years ago, the priest at a North Carolina Catholic church placed his usual array of Lenten crosses, draped all in black for Good Friday, out in ...