Sacrifice Saves the Life of Orphaned Lamb

If you go over to Scotland, or anywhere there are lots of sheep, sooner or later you're going to see a very unusual sight. You'll see a little ...

Stott on the Necessity of Christ's Pain

John Stott writes:

I could never myself believe in God if it were not for the cross. In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune ...

A Debt Was Paid in Full

Author James Herriot tells of an unforgettable wedding anniversary he and his wife celebrated early in their marriage. His boss had encouraged him to ...

"A Beautiful Mind": Loving the Unlovable

The movie A Beautiful Mind tells the story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician whose career and life were crippled by schizophrenia. Nash taught at ...

Lesson from Gethsemane

Gethsemane teaches us that the kingdom of God is entered only through the denial of one's own will and the affirmation of the will of God. Therefore, ...

Turning Point

All historians must confess that the turning point of the race is the cross of Christ. It would be impossible to fix any other hinge of history. From ...

God's Ultimate Weapon

When God wanted to defeat sin, his ultimate weapon was the sacrifice of his own Son. On Christmas Day two thousand years ago, the birth of a tiny baby ...

The Suffering of the Trinity

In the National Gallery of Art in London there's a picture of the Crucifixion that is so dark that when you first look at it, you can't see anything. ...

The Difference Christ's Love Makes

If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then ...