Boy's Hoax Teaches Valuable Lesson

Ever hear about the dihydrogen monoxide hoax? It's been around for a while, but it got a lot of media attention in 1997 when a 14-year-old student ...

Bad Relationships Are Bad for Your Health

Researchers from the University of Utah found there's a price to pay when couples don't get along. 150 husbands and wives were recorded discussing ...

Family Tragedy Testifies to Need for Relevant Ministry

In Change Your Church for the Good, author and pastor Brad Powell tells a story that serves as his constant reminder that the church is the hope of the ...

Preaching to the Dead

Dr. Erwin Lutzer teaches preaching courses at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Every year, he takes his students on a field trip to the local cemetery—so ...

Website Guards Against "Dissing the Dead"

The laws of etiquette proclaim that we should not speak ill of the dead—especially the recently deceased. There is one place, however, where this ...

Racial Reconciliation: Moving Beyond Words

Describing the difficulty of racial reconciliation, one African American church leader tells this story:

It was my third year with the ministry. I got ...

Honeymooner Already Tired of Wife

This is a true story. A businessman moved over slightly as a young man crowded into the airplane seat next to him. They both fastened their seat belts, ...

Sound Check Demonstrates Billy Graham's Purpose

Billy [Graham] was so focused on bringing his message in every venue…that he would somehow always find a way to do it. His use of the microphone ...

Rooftop Message Is Answered

Chris Moretz decided to ride out hurricane Katrina and doesn't think much of his choice. He describes his decision as "optimistic, naïve, ...

Couple Agrees "Change Don't Come Easily"

Husband: Change don't come easily.

Wife: Doesn't.

Husband: Doesn't what?

Wife: Come easily. Change doesn't come easily.

Husband: So you are ...