Original Marathon Runner Gave His All

At the end of the Summer Olympics, athletes will be participating in a special event, retracing the long distance run from which the Olympic event got ...

Laying Aside the Judge's Robe

Text: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged" (Matthew 7:1).

Object: A black robe. Use a baptismal, clerical, or academic robe; or rent one ...

Keep the World Out of the Christian

"It's not the ship in the water but the water in the ship that sinks it. So it's not the Christian in the world but the world in the Christian ...

FBI Agent Justified Sin

Robert Philip Hanssen, the former FBI counterintelligence agent, caused the worst intelligence breach in U.S. history.

Ironically, this self-confessed ...

Girl Honored to Be God's Temple

Flannery O'Connor's short story A Temple of the Holy Ghost tells of a precocious 12-year-old girl and two country boys who have come to court ...

When the Ball Bounces Your Way, Grab It

Bear Bryant, Alabama's famous football coach, told of a time in his early days at Kentucky when his team fumbled the ball in front of the bench, and ...

Lighthouse Remains Standing After Hurricane

Hurricane Isabel was front-page news in September 2003 as it rampaged through the Middle Atlantic States, coming ashore first in all its fury near Cape ...

Eternity Makes Life Worthwhile

Pastor and freelance writer Mark Buchanan tells about a conversation he had with a young philosophy student who was a healthy, good-looking man in his ...

Christ Prepares the Way in Daily Activities

There is a text for [finding Christ in daily events] in St. Mark's Gospel: "He has risen,…he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see ...

Pilot Caught in a Deadly Spiral

In the early days of aviation, planes were not yet equipped with gyroscopic turn indicators. When pilots flew through clouds or fog, they would often ...