John Wesley's Covenant Prayer

I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by ...

Wilt Chamberlain's Wish: One Woman

The late Wilt Chamberlain had great numbers as an NBA star, but the number he will probably be remembered for most is 20,000. That is how many women the ...

Giving It All to God

I was with Billy Graham in the second crusade he ever conducted in Augusta, Georgia; he was just a young fellow. And he has said to me, "I never ...

We Need to Play Hurt

Coming to American football, there's one thing that you have to admire those guys for: they all play hurt. That is, they go out there and play and ...

A Marriage Requires Grace

Grace is the powerful ingredient that will bind a man and woman together when their imperfection pulls them apart.

Performance Keeps Friends

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

Who Do You Serve?

While traveling in Ghana, I learned that in the dominant language of Ghana the only way to ask the question, "What is your religion?" is to ...

You Have to Take Risks

In order to be true to what I read in the Scripture, I have to take risks.

Wealth in Poverty

Old debt accompanied our new marriage. Income from Peter's free-lance job was unpredictable. As Christmas approached and other couples were buying ...

A Flag of Rags

In the final years of our imprisonment, the North Vietnamese moved us from small cells with one or two prisoners to large rooms with as many as 30-40 ...