We Make Up a Single Body

There are times when together we discover that we make up a single body, that we belong to each other and that God has called us to be together as a source ...

Lessons from a Tavern

An old Marine Corps buddy of mine, to my pleasant surprise, came to know Christ after he was discharged. I say surprise because he cursed loudly, fought ...

Livingstone's Encourager

I think about David Livingstone when he climbed into the pulpit of a little church in Scotland. He'd honed his sermon. He'd prepared it so very well. ...

God and the Media

It could not possibly be the case that something men have invented, like the media, could never be serviceable to God. ... For instance, once when I was ...

Help By Teaching

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do themselves.

Away with Gossip

I once formed a mutual encouragement fellowship at a time of stress in one of my pastorates. The members subscribed to a simple formula applied before ...

Building for the Future

We fight for lost causes because we know that our defeat and dismay may be the preface for our successor's victory.

Good Company

Twila Paris, winner of the 1993 and 1994 Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, credits her parents for giving her a sense of self-worth and confidence. ...

The Act That Saved Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson was the first black to play major league baseball. While breaking baseball's "color barrier," he faced jeering crowds in ...

Moody's Motivator

"Auntie" Sarah Cooke: Her prayers changed Moody's ministry

"Few persons in Chicago were better known in certain religious circles than ...