God, Our Father

It has been said that "a child is not likely to find a father in God unless he finds something of God in his father." Recently I asked the preschool ...

Abraham's Faith

"Martin Luther taught the story of Abraham and Isaac this Way:"

Abraham was told by God that he must sacrifice the son of his old age by a miracle, ...

Parents Have It Rough

Jack Moore wrote a story about two teenagers. One teenager was talking to another, "I'm really worried. Dad slaves away at his job so I'll ...

Where Home Is

Home is the place where,

When you have to go there,

They have to take you in.

God Is What Makes Heaven

My family and I have lived in the same house for seventeen years. We've lived there more than twice as long as I have lived at any other address in ...

Resurrected Marriages

I have seen resurrection in marriage after marriage when the persons became genuinely convicted by their sin and did not see divorce as an option.

Character by Firelight

The supreme test of goodness is not in the greater but in the smaller incidents of our character and practice; not what we are when standing in the searchlight ...

Ministry Begins at Home

Our Lord did not say to His disciples: "I have had a most successful time on earth. I have addressed thousands of people and been the means of their ...

All or Nothing

One elder statesman of a Christian church has devoted himself to a fifty-year study of Christian and non-Christian families. He says that in American ...

Selfish Strife

The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.