The World Belongs to the Servant

I walked through Children's Hospital in Omaha not too long ago, and I saw a little baby boy there, below two years of age, with tubes running in and out ...

Polycarp the Martyr

The year was A.D. 155, and the persecution against Christians swept across the Roman Empire and came to the city of Smyrna. The proconsul of Symrna, swept ...

Christians Must Work

There's no such thing as Christians who do not work. It's a work of service. You can't build a home without work. You can't build a church ...

Single-Minded Purpose

When Luther's puppy happened to be at the table, he looked for a morsel from his master, and watched with open mouth and motionless eyes; he (Martin ...

Beyond the Bottom Line

Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. ... The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and ...

Shining Shoes for Christ

When Brennan Manning, an evangelical Catholic, was waiting to catch a plane in the Atlanta airport, he sat down in one of the many places where usually ...

Community Service

While I was helping to clean the church, I encountered a 12-year-old boy who was working out his court sentence for theft by doing community service. ...

Someone Must Play Second

Leonard Bernstein, the celebrated orchestra conductor, was once asked, "What is the hardest instrument to play?"

Without a moment's hesitation ...

"Success" Doesn't Count

A missionary wrote me: "Sometimes adversity tempts me to discouragement in the face of seeming failure. But I take courage and press on anew, as ...

Replacing Success with Service

Writer Philip Yancey notes that toward the end of his life, Albert Einstein removed the portraits of two scientists--Newton and Maxwell--from his wall. ...