Charles Schultz Insisted on Reading the Christmas Story

The animated story A Charlie Brown Christmas airs on one of the major television networks seasonally. The two producers who worked closely with Charlie ...

President Bush's Rescue Demonstrated the Value of a Life

Time magazine carried an interesting story about former President George Herbert Walker Bush. It described a trip he took back to the South Pacific. During ...

St. Bernard Gives Up Dogs to Care for People

A controversy has arisen in Switzerland regarding the well known St. Bernard dogs and the accompanying St. Bernard hospice that have kept watch over an ...

Perfume Doesn't Transform Barbarians

In a TV commercial by one credit card company Capital One, a couple is making a purchase in a shopping center. When the clerk tells how much it will cost, ...

Dogwalker Finds Ancient Gold Penny

While walking his dog on a river-side path in Bedfordshire, England, a man found an ancient gold penny. After examining it, coin expert Richard Bishop ...

The Church Is a Search and Rescue Team

Search and rescue personnel risk their lives in tumultuous seas, deep forests, remote mountains, and desert wastelands. Wherever they're needed they ...

Imprisoned Chinese Christian Experiences God's Power

Chinese Christian leader Brother Zhong tells this story:

I was attending a training course for my house church network's council members and youth ...

Truck Driver Powerfully Communicated a Simple Faith

In the year he was elected president, Jimmy Carter was one of three men invited to speak to the 17,000 delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention. Each ...

Raucous Teens Seen as Mission Field

Scholar and author D. A. Carson tells of a time when he and a friend were going to the beach for some much-needed peace and quiet, but when they got there ...

Listening Provides an Opportunity for Evangelism

The book Irresistible Evangelism includes the story of Jan, a staffer with Athletes in Action. After attending a conference where the importance of listening ...