Better than Televangelism

Americans in the '80s, the last years of the cable-television evangelists, were prompted to give to the six primary cable televangelists nearly $700 ...

Another Day in Paradise

Last year's song of the year was called Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins. The song tells about a beggar in the street asking, "Can you ...

Foolish Demands?

The things Jesus demands are entirely foolhardy--until you begin to share His view of things. Come to see money not as a passport to luxury but as a dangerous ...

Searching for Loopholes

A handful of our people went on a mission trip to Eastern Europe several weeks ago. When they came back, they told me they were really impressed with ...

Giving from the Piggy Bank

In our town's elementary school at the beginning of the year, the school secretary routinely collects the lunch money from the new kindergartners. ...

Only the Beginning ...

I heard about a little girl who experienced a major breakthrough in her life when she learned to tie her own shoes. Instead of excitement, she was overcome ...

Putting Your Weight Down

On Dudley's seventy-fifth birthday, there was a pilot in his small town who offered to take Dudley for an airplane ride. Dudley accepted. So for about ...

Learning to Fly

In Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson writes about seeing a family of birds teaching the young to fly. Three young swallows were perched on a dead branch ...

Courageous Giving

During World War II, Ernest Gordon was a prisoner along the Thailand border held by the Japanese with several hundred others. He didn't have any relationship ...

Humor: Paying Off God

Our 7-year-old daughter had just won $2.00 for her memory work in Sunday school. After the morning service, the pastor's wife congratulated her.

Our ...