Man Fearfully Clutches a "Bomb"

For four hours he held the cylinder, waiting for rescue or an immediate death. After digging up what appeared to be an unexploded WWI bomb, David Page ...

John Wayne on Courage

"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway."

—Actor John Wayne (1907–1979)

In a Fire, Pray and Run

The Billy Graham Center is located on the campus of Wheaton College in Illinois. It houses an auditorium, classrooms, and a museum containing priceless ...

For Safety Sake, Worship God

How to stay safe in the world today:

1. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20 percent of all fatal accidents. 2. Do not stay ...

Love Saves Disabled Man from Violence

Al Janssen writes in "The Marriage Masterpiece":

Late one evening, while attending a conference in the German city of Hamburg, I boarded a commuter ...

Empty Success

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at something that doesn't really matter.

A Fawn Finds Refuge

1. C. Dixon writes:
   
   A friend of mine who was quite a lover of the hunt told me the following story.

Rising early one morning, he said, "I heard the ...

Discipleship Not about Safety

"It's hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God's new age, a kingdom of ...

"The Two Towers": Desire to Live Courageously

In the film Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Sauron's dark forces begin to overcome peaceful Middle Earth. The hope for Middle Earth lies in the ...

Prisoner Frightened by Freedom

In the film The Shawshank Redemption, Ellis "Red" Redding has spent his prime wasting away in prison because of a reckless act of violence he ...