Hymn Story of "It Is Well with My Soul"

In the autumn of 1873, Horatio Spafford, a wealthy Chicago businessman, placed his wife, Anna, and their four children on the Ville du Havre sailing from ...

Marathon Goes an Extra Mile

A marathon, for most runners, seems long. But it is always 26.2 miles. Always. Except for the Lakeshore Marathon held in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend, ...

Medical Missionary Shared in Christ's Sufferings

Helen Roseveare is a British medical doctor who worked for many years as a missionary in Zaire. During the revolution of the 1960s, she often faced brutal ...

Afflicted Woman Bears Witness to God's Grace

Author and pastor Jim Van Yperen tells this story:

Margaret attended a church I served many years ago. Confined to a wheelchair for most of her adult life, ...

Baseball Pitcher Schilling Sustained by God

In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball's New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston's ...

Ben Stein on Life's True Priorities

Author and actor Ben Stein wrote a column published by E!Online for nearly eight years. Titled "Monday Night at Morton's," the column detailed ...

Comfort Endangers Our Spiritual Lives

We're too comfortable to be spiritual…. We think we will be able to pursue God better without danger or hardship. And yet it works in just ...

Billy Graham's Prayer Changed Flight Patterns

Bobbye Byerly writes in “Miracles Happen When Women Pray”:

I remember the first time my older son Jim and I worked as counselors with the Billy ...

Doctor Describes the Healing Power of Hope

When Jerome Groopman diagnosed patients with serious diseases, the Harvard Medical School professor discovered that all of them were "looking for ...

"Glory": A Worshiping Community

The movie Glory dramatizes the true story of the first black regiment to fight for the North during the Civil War. The 54th Regiment from Massachusetts ...