Brazilian Drug Lord Loves Local Church

Philip Yancey writes in Christianity Today magazine:

I recently heard from a friend who visited a barrio in São Paulo, Brazil. He grew nervous as ...

Are Your Facebook Friends Really Your Friends?

In a New York Times magazine article, Hal Niedzviecki reflected on social media sites—specifically, Facebook. Soon after starting a Facebook account, ...

Cook Offers Encouragement and Prayer at Children's Hospital

An article in the Chicago Tribune told the story of Bettye Tucker, a Christian cook who works the night shift at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, ...

Hospital's Palestinian Christian Janitor Tries to Save Dying Israeli Soldier

In his book Jesus, the Middle-Eastern Storyteller, Gary M. Burge, Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, shares a story told to him by a theology ...

The Million Dollar Roadbed

In Western Colorado there is a road called the Million Dollar Highway. My guess is that both tourists and even most of the people who live on the western ...

Simple Prayer Moves Student with Cerebral Palsy

R. C. Sproul shares the story of a college student he once taught who had cerebral palsy. You know what that looks like—spastic movements and garbled ...

Second-century Philosopher on the Upside-down Nature of the Kingdom

The second-century Greek philosopher Celsus captures well just how upside-down the Kingdom of God is—and just how confusing that can seem to unbelievers. ...

Perfect Fear Casting Out Love

Perfect love may cast out fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting out love.

—P. D. James, English author (1920- )

Hospital CEO Does Whatever It Takes to Find Patient's Lost Ring

In his book Are You Fascinated? management consultant Ken Tucker shares a story about the great lengths a person will go to find something of great value: ...

Pastor Discovers Meaningful Way to Help Others in Pain

In an interview about his book The Folly of Prayer (IVP, 2009), author and pastor Matt Woodley shared a story about his friend Theresa. Theresa was experiencing ...