Murder Follows Deception

In 1992 a sophomore at Simon's Rock College in western Massachusetts named Wayne Lo went on a killing rampage with a semiautomatic rifle. He killed ...

Reading God's Signs

At a conference in Houston, speaker Marti Ensign, a missionary to Africa, told of bringing some African pastors to the United States for a big meeting. ...

Our Guide through Perils

Bob, my father-in-law, hunts deer every fall in the mountains of north-central California. A number of farmers and ranchers in the area are willing to ...

The Ears Have It

In Character Forged from Conflict, Gary Preston writes:

Back when the telegraph was the fastest means of long-distance communication, there was a story, ...

Three Basic, Quiet Acts

The pastors of America have metamorphosed into a company of shopkeepers, and the shops they keep are churches. They are preoccupied with shopkeepers' ...

Rummaging In a Barrel

This story is told about Abraham Lincoln: He was out at the back of his store one day rummaging through an old barrel. He was done rummaging when he reached ...

Listening Hearts

I am uneasy when comedians ridicule the idea of hearing from God. ... I am even more concerned that believing Christians will buy into the ridicule and ...

The Story of Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman (1820?-1913)

The "Moses" who set people free

In 1849 Tubman, a Baltimore slave, escaped to Philadelphia and freedom. She returned ...

A Greater Power

The longer one lives, the more one realizes that everything depends upon chance, and the harder it is to believe that this omnipotent factor in human ...

To Know the Road Ahead

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.