Church Business Meeting Gets Tense

In a congregational meeting, two young male professionals made a presentation to update the sanctuary sound system. Their pitch was well delivered. As ...

McCoys and Hatfields Bury Hatchet

After 125 years, the infamous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys is finally history. Sixty descendants of the original clans gathered on Saturday, ...

Forgiving the Unforgivable Is Hard

Forgiving the unforgivable is hard. So was the cross: hard words, hard wood, hard nails.

—William S. Stoddard

Brawling Hockey Player Learns Meaning of Pardon

Several years ago I heard Bob Sheffield of the Navigators tell a moving story of what it means to receive God's forgiveness. Before he became a Christian, ...

Abortion Guilt Removed

Pastor Lee Strobel shares this account:

We were doing a baptism service. We told people before they came up to the platform to be baptized to take a piece ...

Psychologists Discover What Makes People Happy

Psychologists are studying what makes people happy. "Materialism is toxic for happiness," says University of Illinois psychologist Ed Diener. ...

Bitter Son Can't Forgive Father

I was browsing in a book department while waiting in a shopping center for my wife to complete her shopping. I happened to overhear a young wife pleading ...

God Picks Up Our Tab

Wayne Cordeiro tells the following story in an interview with Preaching Today:

I have a friend named Gene who would take me to lunch every week. And every ...

How Resentment Takes Hold

Resentment is when you let your hurt become hate. Resentment is when you allow what is eating you to eat you up. Resentment is when you poke, stoke, feed, ...

Wife Forgives Unfaithful Husband

Randy Frazee, pastor of Pantego Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, shared this story:

I remember seeing a picture of a husband and wife in a gentleman's ...