"A.I.": The Worth of All Humans

The Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubric movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence critiques the tendency of our culture toward dehumanization. In the film, ...

Father Comforts Child Through a Mail Slot

Author Garry Friesen writes: When my friend Reilly told me about his first visit to our church, I learned something about prayer. Reilly says that after ...

Illegitimate Boy Finds Heavenly Father

A seminary professor (Fred Craddock) was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One morning, they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, ...

Proud Dad Applauds Child's Performance

Wayne Cordeiro told this story during an interview: "A Personal Relationship"

When my daughter Amy was three years old, we had her in a preschool. ...

Rejected Orphan Hears, "I Want This Child"

Pastor Lee Strobel tells this story:

Shortly after the Korean War, a Korean woman had an affair with an American soldier, and she got pregnant. He went ...

"Princess Diaries": Reluctant Royalty

The Princess Diaries tells the story of Amelia Thermopolis, a shy, awkward teen whose only goal in life is to be invisible. She tries to get through each ...

Muslim Woman Discovers Personal Relationship with God

In Christian Reader, Ajith Fernando writes:

Bilquis Sheikh, a Muslim woman from Pakistan, was sitting at her grandson's bedside in the hospital. As she ...

A Father's Strength and a Son's Heart

Father and son Dick and Ricky Hoyt have run together in more than 800 Ironman races (which include swimming, biking, and running). But the son, Ricky, ...

God Holds Us During Tragedy

When Ann married, she gave up her nominal Christian belief that seemed irrelevant to her new life. Although Ann and her husband were wealthy, romance ...

"Contact": Searching for God

Contact is a science fiction movie that explores the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the inevitability of faith even in a world governed by scientific ...