Life Through Death

The cross is rough and it is deadly, but it is effective.

Frozen in Greed

Clovis Chappell wrote in his book of sermons Feminine Faces:

"When Pompeii was being excavated, there was found a body that had been embalmed by the ...

Courage in the Face of Death

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

Carried to Eternal Rest

I heard of a little lad named Kenny who developed leukemia. The disease progressed rapidly. Soon he was unable to go to school, then unable to go out ...

Death is Dead

When death stung Jesus Christ, it stung itself to death.

Dying Full of Life

It is a grand thing to see a man dying full of life. God makes his dying people to be like the sun, which never seems so large as when it sets.

Child's Perspective on Death

My 4-year-old granddaughter and I were talking one day about death. Her grandfather has cancer and I wanted to prepare her for the inevitable. She didn't ...

Celebrate the Power

I cannot give in to the devil's principal, deceitful tactic which makes so many Christians satisfied with an "Easter celebration" instead ...

Martyrdom in the Modern World

It is estimated that more people have been martyred for Christ in the past 50 years than in the church's first 300 years.

Paul's Prisons

Paul may have spent as much as 25 percent of his time as a missionary in prison. We know of his brief lock-up in Philippi, two years' incarceration ...