Death Just a Gardener

"Death used to be an executioner, but the gospel has made him just a gardener."

Can't Earn Heaven

An old tale speaks of a man who died and faced the angel Gabriel at heaven's gates. The angel said, "Here's how this works. You need a hundred ...

Earthly Memorials vs. Heavenly Glory

Tombstones are getting updated, at least in Hollywood. At Hollywood Forever, a 64-acre cemetery next to Paramount Studios, they produce multimedia narratives ...

Worthless Money

On January 1, 2002, 12 European countries will begin switching from their existing currencies—the lira, franc, mark, and so on—to a new currency, ...

Hope Beyond Earthly Life

When divers combed the wreckage of the Kursk (the destroyed Russian nuclear submarine on which 118 sailors perished), they found a letter written by Lt. ...

Consider Hell's Reality

The phone call came early on a Friday morning:

"Hello. David Noel?"

"Yes."

"This is your neighbor, Mrs. Waldron."

"Who?"

Town Forbids Dying, Fails

The town of Le Lavandou on the French Riviera recently passed a law barring any more burials in the town cemetery. It's full. The law says, "It ...

Eternal Life: The Next Great Chapter

On the final page of the final book of The Chronicles of Narnia, some of the children who have been to Narnia lament that they once again must return ...

No Earthly Satisfaction

God has set Eternity in our heart, and man's infinite capacity cannot be filled or satisfied with the things of time and sense.

Headed for Heaven or Hell?

Headed for Heaven or Hell? How would Lincoln answer? His political opponent, a famous frontier preacher, wanted to know.

Abraham Lincoln ran for Congress ...