"The Incredibles": Punished for Doing Good

The Incredibles is the story of the Parrs, a family of superheroes. The beginning of the movie follows the exploits of Bob Parr, also known as “Mr. ...

Son Mistakenly Envies Another Boy’s Father

Craig Brian Larson writes:

One summer holiday, when I was around nine years old, another family visited our home. As we barbecued burgers in the backyard ...

Special Ed Student Becomes Congressman

Words have the power to shape a life. We've all heard the lie, "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." Entire ...

Son Slow to Recognize the Real Gift-giver

To illustrate how we often fail to give God the thanks he deserves, Chuck Swindoll told the following story of a man he visited in a dismal veterans hospital: ...

"Lord of the Rings": The Horn of Salvation

There’s a place in Lord of the Rings, my favorite novel, where the hobbit Pippin is standing at the gates of the city, and in comes the great witch ...

Suffering Boy Given an Extravagant Gift

In his book Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them, John Ortberg tells of a young man named John Gilbert. At age five, John was diagnosed with ...

Waitress Receives a Car for Nothing

Franchesca Renderos, 22, was working as a waitress on an ordinary Wednesday night in Houston when she was stunned by grace.

At one of her tables sat Doug ...

Disabled Surfer Stays Joyful Amidst Adversity

Bethany Hamilton, once ranked as the best amateur teen surfer in Hawaii, lost an arm to a tiger shark in October 2003. Both her compassion and competitiveness, ...

Grandfather's Last Words Gave Jesus Credit

One fall afternoon, my grandfather was at home with my grandmother and heard a knock on the door. The visitor was a neighbor lady who said to my grandfather, ...

Generous Postal Workers Get No Credit

Thousands of letters sent each year to God end up in a sorting office in Jerusalem. According to the Associated Press, the letters arrive from all over ...