A Hopeful Beginning

God's plan made a hopeful beginning,

But man spoiled his chances by sinning.

We trust that the story

Will end with God's glory,

But at present, the ...

Hope Sees Past and Future

Hope stands up to its knees in the past and keeps its eyes on the future. There has never been a time past when God wasn't with us as the strength ...

Trustworthy Christians

In Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, Chuck Swindoll writes:

On Sunday, believers arrived at a house church in the Soviet Union in small groups throughout ...

Finding a Fixed Point

On day six of the ill-fated mission of Apollo 13, the astronauts needed to make a critical course correction. If they failed, they might never return ...

Faith is the Glue

The people who jest about faith don't realize how big a part it plays in everyday affairs. It takes faith to get married because marriage vows are ...

Prayer and Faith Go Together

Many a person is praying for rain with his tub the wrong side up.

Not a Silent Night

My parents, Salvation Army officers, were out on a miserable December night for an open-air meeting. Not another person was around, but my dad said that ...

Trusting Can Be Scary

Our need to be in charge of ourselves, others, and situations often makes our relationship with Christ life's biggest power struggle. We are reluctant ...

Faith: "Yes" of the Heart

Faith is the "yes" of the heart, a conviction on which one stakes one's life.

Fear of Falling

In May 1995, Randy Reid, a 34-year-old construction worker, was welding on top of a nearly completed water tower outside Chicago. According to writer ...