Olympic Figure Skater Paul Wylie on the Christian Life

At the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in France, American figure skater Paul Wylie won the silver medal. The victory came after a disappointing tenth-place ...

Visit to Homeless Shelter Teaches Woman a Lesson in Thanks

Evelyn Bence writes an article titled "Two Kinds of Thanks”:

Spending an evening at a shelter for homeless women was not my idea, but when a ...

Good Reason for Hope in Seemingly Hopeless Times

In May of 2009, author and speaker Gordon MacDonald was invited to spend a weekend at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Mount Zion's ...

Luis Palau Receives a Scripture to Stand on

Luis Palau, the Argentine-born international evangelist, describes how God expanded his ministry:

I was organizing campaigns for other evangelists, but ...

The Necessity of Hope

What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.

—Emil Brunner, Swiss theologian (1889–1966)

Killer Wrote Letter to God

Why didn't any changes occur or any love or help come when I accepted you as Lord and Savior?

—Matthew Murray, in a letter addressed to God that ...

Van Gogh and the Color Yellow

Yellow is not my favorite color. But now that I know the story of Vincent van Gogh, I have come to value yellow differently. This famous Dutch painter, ...

Making Room for Sadness

Eric Wilson, professor of English at Wake Forest University, wanted to become a happier person. He at least wanted a smile on his face, rather than the ...

Boy Skips National Spelling Bee for God

Elliot Huck, a 14-year-old from Bloomington, Indiana, decided to skip a preliminary to the National Spelling Bee. Though he placed 45th out of more than ...

A Faith As Wild As the World

Speaking about preaching God's word, Michael Heher writes:

Don't make promises God doesn't keep. Account for the shaky ground and patches of ...