God Values All Service

There are no such things as prominent service and obscure service; it is all the same with God.

Grace Needs Expression

Grace must find expression in life; otherwise it is not grace.

Perfection Is Possible

The command "be ye perfect"" is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He is going to make us into creatures that ...

Good Example Is Gift

The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.

Humorous Lessons from Noah

There is a well-known book titled, Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Let me suggest another: Everything I Need to Know I Learned from ...

Devotion Greater Than Temptation

Henri Nouwen once said in a Leadership journal interview:

I cannot continuously say no to this or no to that, unless there is something ten times more ...

Student's Impossible Prayer Unanswered

However much he may want to, I do not believe God will answer the prayer of the student who turned in his test and prayed, "O God, please let Paris ...

Christmas Giving

It's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through ...

Persevering through Pain

Author and pastor Gary Preston writes:

Recently I read about a professional hockey player who is a star of the NHL team in the metro area near where I ...

WWJD for a Prostitute?

Author and speaker Barbara Johnson writes:

I had just finished speaking at one of the last Women of Faith (WOF) conferences in 1998, challenging the audience ...