"National Geographic" Writer Converted at Alabama Revival

Peter Jenkins began a five-year, 4,500-mile walk across America in October of 1973. First published as two articles in National Geographic, his memoirs ...

High School Football Player Scores Touchdown of the Year

Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly called it the "Play of the Year." A local newspaper called it "the touchdown heard around the ...

Principal Takes Student's Punishment

A modern parable: At a parochial middle school, a boy stands with back arched and hands clenched. "Go ahead, give it to me," he says.

The principal ...

God Loves Us Despite Imperfections

Picture Charles and Susan walking down a beach hand in hand at the end of the academic year. The pressure of the semester has dissipated in the warm evening ...

Christ Transcends Law of Moses

I often compare the role of the law in history to the role typewriters have played in the development of word processing. The technology and idea of a ...

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. ...

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 ...

Classmate Saves Schoolboy from Embarrassment

The story is told of a certain 9-year-old who is sitting at his desk in school when all of a sudden there is a puddle between his feet, and the front ...

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 ...

Sin Entails Consequences Despite Grace

A young man called a pastor late at night and asked if he would meet with him the next morning. They made arrangements to have breakfast at a nearby restaurant. ...