Woman Botches a Do-It-Yourself, Art Restoration Project

For nearly a hundred years a beautiful mural of Jesus had held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Borja, Spain. The "Ecce Homo" ...

Compulsive "Sinner" Cures His Guilt but Not His Sin

There's a story about a man who walks into a restaurant and orders a Coke. As soon as he receives it, he throws it in the waiter's face. The waiter ...

God Moves Us Deeper into the Gospel

God does not move us beyond the gospel; he moves us more deeply into the gospel, because all of the power we need in order to change and mature comes ...

People Don't Change, Even After Heart Surgery

An article from the magazine Fast Company began with the following paragraph:

Change or Die. What if you were given that choice? What if a well-informed, ...

Sometimes God Simply Says, "Stop It!"

In his book Your Church Is Too Safe, Mark Buchanan writes:

My favorite YouTube video is a five-minute clip from an episode of The Bob Newhart Show. Bob, ...

After Operation, Blind Man Slowly Learns to See

At the age of 45, Michael May miraculously regained his sight. May was blinded at age three, and lived 42 years of his life without sight. Then, in 1999, ...

Church Helps Woman in Strip Club Start a New Life

We have a number of people from our church and from a few other churches in our community who are a part of a ministry called New Name. This ministry ...

God's Word Acts Like a Slow Drip, Not a Big Splash

In her book Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus, Lois Tverberg retells the following story about a famous first century rabbi named Rabbi Akiva:

One day ...

Information Alone Doesn't Change Behavior

In his book The Social Animal, David Brooks summarizes vast amounts of social science research by stating that "information programs alone are not ...

Fred Rogers ("Mr. Rogers") Created Rather Than Complained

In a moving tribute to Fred Rogers, Jonathon Merritt recounts how Rogers chose to reform society through his gentle and persistent influence on a children's ...