Photojournalist Continues Taking Pictures as Woman Drowns

One video version of the NPR radio show This American Life captured the story of a prize-winning photojournalist. At one point he soberly confessed that ...

Leader Earns Trust by Getting in the Mud with Others

Saul and Pilar Cruz, a married couple who founded Armonia Ministries in Mexico City, launched their ministry by planting a church on the edge of a vast ...

No Other Religion Proclaims God's Vulnerability

Tim Keller writes:

There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile. ...

Jesus' Birth Declares God's Love for Sinners

According to Martin Luther, even from his birth, Jesus was standing with sinners. Luther wrote:

Christ is the kind of person who is not ashamed of sinners—in ...

In the Wake of a Drive-by Shooting, Neighbors Lose Hope

In his book Hope Is Contagious, pastor and former pro football player Ken Hutcherson shares his personal journey of facing a terminal illness. In the ...

Grieving Father Finds Comfort in Christ's Humanity

In his book Unspeakable, Os Guinness tells the story about a well-known Christian leader whose son had been killed in a cycling accident. Although the ...

The Mother of a Gang Member Demonstrates God's Love

Gregory Boyle retells the story of a 15-year-old gang member named Rigo. Rigo was getting ready for a special worship service for incarcerated youth when ...

Jesus Suffers with Us in Our Pain

Joe Cumming, a fellow of the Faith and Culture Center at Yale, has a special interest in respectful Christian witness to Muslims, among whom he lived ...

The Cross: Christ Descends into Our Sin

Theologian James R. Edwards retells the following true story to illustrate our need and Christ's response to our need. In August 1957 four climbers—two ...

How Christ Experiences Humanity

In his book Dying to Preach, Steven Smith reflects on the meaning of Philippians 2:6 ("[Christ], being in very nature God, did not consider equality ...