Freedom of Forgiveness

Wayne Messmer is no stranger to Chicago sports fans. For two decades the 49-year-old Messmer has been a public address announcer and national anthem singer ...

Runaway Courage

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849. She immediately became involved in the abolitionist movement, organizing meetings, speaking against slavery, ...

Resignation and Acceptance

"Resignation is surrender to fate; acceptance is surrender to God," says Elizabeth Elliot. "Resignation lies down quietly in an empty universe. ...

Faith and Courage

If there are two words that should be said in the same breath and said regularly to ventilate our hope, that should be flamed together, branded as a signature ...

When the Hour of Danger Comes

Christ kept himself from suffering till his hour had come, but when it did come he met it as a free man, seized it, and mastered it. We are not Christ, ...

Never Give Up

The only fight which is lost is that which we give up.

Behind Enemy Lines

While carrying tracts to Union troops, one preacher was seized by Confederates as a spy.

John Vassar distributed tracts for the American Tract Society ...

Fear Leads to the Flatlands

Fear doesn't want you to make the journey to the mountain. If he can rattle you enough, fear will persuade you to take your eyes off the peaks and ...

Fear Planted in the Soul

God planted fear in the soul as truly as he planted hope or courage. It is a kind of bell or gong which rings the mind into quick life on the approach ...

Facing Your Fears

Once you've faced the very thing you fear the most, it is no longer quite so fearful.