Anti-clerical Pizza Man Helps Minister Appreciate the Gospel

Pastor and Author Matt Woodley writes in a blog post titled "Evangelized by the Pizza Man”:

My friend Emilio owns a tiny pizzeria that makes ...

Persecuted Pastor: "Jesus Made Me Ready for Battle Again"

Josef Tson was a Romanian pastor and educator who suffered terribly under the Communists before the fall of the Iron Curtain. In a sermon he once preached, ...

Choosing Junction City, Kansas, Over Disney World

My pastor decided to pull a vacation surprise on his four children. "We're going to Junction City, Kansas," Peter told them. "It's ...

The Uplifting, Stirring Nature of Belief

Here's a little experiment: start a sentence with the words "I believe…," and then finish it with something deeply heartfelt. It ...

Pastor Discovers Meaningful Way to Help Others in Pain

In an interview about his book The Folly of Prayer (IVP, 2009), author and pastor Matt Woodley shared a story about his friend Theresa. Theresa was experiencing ...

Retired Japanese Detective Devotes Himself to Helping Suicidal Men and Women

In a 2009 article in Time magazine, writer Coco Masters shared a startling statistic: one in five Japanese men and women have seriously considered taking ...

Playwright Eugene O'Neill Writes About Life After Death for Lazarus

Early in his career, the great American playwright, Eugene O'Neill, wrote the imaginative play Lazarus Laughed. It's about Lazarus's life ...

Facebook Helps Woman Find Lost Son

Since becoming an internet juggernaut, Facebook has taken some real hits from folks. That tends to happen when something takes off in popularity. But ...

Good Reason for Hope in Seemingly Hopeless Times

In May of 2009, author and speaker Gordon MacDonald was invited to spend a weekend at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Mount Zion's ...

Cynicism: Frostbite of the Soul

In his book Please Don't Squeeze the Christian, Scott Sernau reflects on the danger of cynicism—especially in the life of believers who claim ...