Woman Finds Acceptance at Church

Gloria S. was ready to take her life. Years of drug abuse, failed relationships, and multiple rejections had taken their toll. Prepared with countless ...

"Citizen Kane": The Pain of Loss

Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, traces the life of fictional newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (played by Welles) from childhood to his deathbed. ...

Intimacy with God Despite Our Imperfection

Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not ...

Our Tendency to Exclude

Our fallenness makes us want to be a part of not just any group, but an exclusive group. By definition, every society includes people who connect, who ...

Experiencing Love Equips Us to Love

To me, it's more important to be loved than to love. When I have not had the experience of being loved by God, just as I am and not as I should be, ...

Abortion Guilt Removed

Pastor Lee Strobel shares this account:

We were doing a baptism service. We told people before they came up to the platform to be baptized to take a piece ...

Salvation Means Discipleship, Not Formulas

In the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, as King Arthur and his knights seek the Holy Grail, they come to a bridge that spans an abyss of eternal ...

"Lilo & Stitch": In Families, No One Is Forgotten

In the Disney film Lilo & Stitch, Stitch is a creature from outer space. He is the result of genetic experiment by an alien scientist. He is small, ...

NFL Teammates Must Overcome Incompatibility

Time printed a photograph of the back of Washington Redskins quarterback Jeff George (his helmet off, revealing a big, white-skinned bald spot) sitting ...

"Forrest Gump": Accepted with Flaws

In the movie Forrest Gump, the mentally challenged and physically handicapped Forrest Gump reminisces about the ups and downs of his unique life. Early ...