Playing Jesus

A Chicago Tribune article in early 2008 began: "For nearly 40 years, Ted Neeley has been Jesus. He's lived Him. He's breathed Him. He's ...

Lee Strobel Impressed by Impoverished Family's Example

While working as a journalist for the Chicago Tribune, Lee Strobel was assigned to report on the struggles of an impoverished, inner-city family during ...

Missions Work in Our Own Backyard

Joshua Massey writes in "Hometown Ministry as Pre-Field Preparation”:

[Vern], an elder at my church, listened patiently as I described my vision ...

Jim Cymbala on Rudy Giuliani's Post-9/11 Reflections

On that tragic morning of September 11, 2001, The Brooklyn Tabernacle lost four of its members. One victim was a police officer. The officer's funeral ...

Woman Gives Every Prisoner a Bible

Kathy Lang's first day on the job was met with angry stares, bitterness, and harsh words.

"I hate you!" one girl shouted.

"I love you," ...

God Uses Woman's Painful Past to Minister to Homeless Women

In an issue of Today's Christian, Carol Heath shared her moving testimony:

I hated everything about my life.

After twenty-three years in a loveless ...

The Partnership of Missions and Business in China

In an article for Today's Christian about the rapid growth of the church in China, Rob Moll tells the story of a missionary and businessman called ...

"End of the Spear": Ready for Heaven

The movie The End of the Spear tells the true story of five missionaries who gave their lives to reach the violent Waodoni tribe in the jungles of Ecuador ...

A Missionary's Sacrifice Was Worth the Cost

In November 1964, anarchy broke out in the Belgian Congo. Assemblies of God missionary J. W. Tucker knew he was at risk, but he stayed where God had placed ...

William Borden: Living with No Regrets

In 1904 William Borden graduated from a Chicago high school. As heir to the Borden Dairy estate, he was already a millionaire. For his high school graduation ...