Former POW Forgives the Guard Who Terrorized Him

In her book, Unbroken, Laura Hildenbrand (author of Seabiscuit) recounts the amazing true story of World War II veteran and prisoner-of-war survivor Louis ...

Father of Murdered Son Learns That Forgiveness Is a Daily Choice

In a recent interview in The Sun, Sister Helen Prejean, the author of the book Dead Man Walking, talked about one of her heroes of faith and forgiveness—Lloyd ...

Bitter Man Chooses to Forgive Longtime Enemy

Pastor Matt Woodley writes:

My friend Steve warned me that he didn't believe in forgiveness. "God could never forgive me," he said. "Okay, ...

A Powerful Story of Forgiveness from South Africa

Desmond Tutu is a bishop in South Africa who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work against apartheid. In his book No Future Without Forgiveness, he shares ...

Eugene Peterson on What Gospel Work Is and Isn't

Muckraking is not gospel work. Witch-hunting is not gospel work. Shaming the outcast is not gospel work. Forgiving sin is gospel work.

— Eugene Peterson, ...

God Helps Boy Deal with Uncontrollable Temper

After successfully separating numerous Siamese twins and continuing to refine the techniques of several complicated surgeries, Dr. Ben Carson has become ...

John Ortberg Considers the Ongoing Battle with Racism

Psychologists have found an intriguing way to study what it is that we really like and dislike. It's called "affective priming." They print ...

Evil Needs Two Victories to Triumph

To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory, when evil is returned. ...

Famous Vietnamese Girl Transformed by Christ

Millions have seen Nick Ut's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of Phan Thi Kim Phuc (pronounced "fuke"). On June 8, 1972, a napalm bomb was dropped ...

Kay Warren Sees Human Capacity for Evil

Kay Warrrent writes:

The first time I visited Rwanda, I went looking for monsters, albeit a different category of monster—the kind that isn't ...