I Don't Do...

One of our students received an appointment from a bishop, and the student did not feel the placement exactly suited his abilities.

I overheard him complaining ...

Look for the One with the Burden

Find the person in your church who has a real burden for a specific task, and then let him do it.

Pay Attention to the Pain

When the Spirit, revealing the will of God for the world, creates in the heart a great pain and a great discontent, do not check it. That is what Christian ...

Moody's Nearly Fatal Voyage

D.L. Moody and his son Will boarded the ocean liner Spree at Southampton, England, on November 23, 1892. Moody had just finished revival meetings in London, ...

Great Expectations

A conductor cannot plan beyond the musicians' abilities, but he must plan up to their possibilities.

Living Fully

Your purpose ... has nothing to do with grandiose goals, lofty achievements, or universal fame. It is the quiet confidence that, even if you never leave ...

What Am I Afraid Of?

When I was a child I was, like most children, afraid of things that go bump in the night. But I told myself (for no good reason) that monsters which lie ...

Whose Will?

It is difficult to be honest about the choices we make. Rather than "I decided to ..." we say, "God directed me to..." When things ...

More than a Colony of Ants

The problem of pain, of war and the horror of war, of poverty and disease is always confronting us. But a God who allows no pain, no grief, also allows ...

Saved by an Unknown Layman

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in the minds of some of us, was the greatest preacher since the apostle Paul. When he was 22 years of age, he preached sermons ...