19Jan
Gospel Shock
The inventor of dynamite opened his newspaper one morning in 1888 and was shocked to read his own obituary. His brother had died, and a careless reporter had put the wrong man in the story....
12Jan
Nail Your Colors to the Mast in 2024
Fear has a way of paralyzing us--during his years as premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev denounced many of the policies and atrocities of Joseph Stalin. Once, as he censured Stalin in a public...
27Dec
Pulling Faith Down from the Attic
"What can you tell me about this Frederic Remington portrait of Lea Febiger that's been stored in your attic for decades?" the Antiques Roadshow appraiser asked her guest during an airing on March 29th, 2015."Well,...
19Dec
The Tyranny of the Gospel
Americans' repulsion at the thought of being ruled by a king can be seen in Virginia's State Flag, where the Roman goddess Virtus is depicted holding a sword and a spear; underneath the foot of...
14Dec
Christmas = The Perfect Life We Couldn’t Live.
A working-class guy living just outside Detroit got stranded with a broken-down car. A limousine pulled up, and its well-dressed owner offered to help. "Yeah, right," the man snickered to himself but reluctantly agreed, saying,...
08Dec
God is Tilted Towards the Underdog!
GETTING PICKED LAST OR NOT GETTING PICKED AT ALL - At least initially, Cindy thought she got picked last or not picked at all due to her being a girl. That was until girls were selected to...
04Dec
When God is Silent, Dig Deeper
“I find that I crave light as a thirsting man craves water,” wrote Commander Richard Byrd during a six-month sojourn in a metal hut at the South Pole. In the Antarctic winter, the sun made...
20Nov
If there were ever a day for followers of Christ to be thankful, this is it
Those who are with us are more than those who are against us...Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around...
17Nov
Gratitude in Unexpected Places
The German concentration camp was not just dirty; it was totally infested with fleas. While imprisoned, Corrie ten Boom's sister Betsie clung to 1 Thessalonians 5:18, believing all things to be God's will: "In everything...
10Nov
The Methodist Church Split & Empty Parking Lots
I’m convinced even the most adamant critics of Christianity secretly find comfort in the stillness of Sunday noontime traffic jams, though few will ever admit it. Waiting in your car for the congested roads to...