Needing Trust over Clarity

When the brilliant ethicist John Kavanaugh went to work for three months at "the house of the dying" in Calcutta, he was seeking a clear answer ...

God Provides Big and Small

In the mid 1980s, my family moved to northern Saskatchewan to start a church. As a church planter, part of my support was funded by the local mission. ...

Lasting Effects of Encouragement

Dr. Larry Crabb recalls an incident in the church he attended as a young man. It was customary in this church that young men were encouraged to participate ...

Inspired by His Presence

President Theodore Roosevelt, a charismatic figure who made quite an impression on people. One journalist, William Allen White, wrote of his first meeting ...

One More Prayer

19th Century preacher and author A. B. Simpson gives a wonderful example of the power of accumulative prayer. In the city of Rangoon resided the largest ...

God and Truth Relieve Agony

Lloyd John Ogilvie, chaplain of the United States Senate, recalls:

Senator Max Cleland, who lost both of his legs and his right hand in Vietnam, came to ...

The Bear and the Atheist

An atheist was walking through the woods, admiring all the "accidents" that evolution had created. "What majestic trees! What powerful ...

Access through Jesus' Name

I was traveling from Boston to Denver, and the departure area for my flight was buzzing with stern-looking men in dark suits talking into their lapels. ...

Prayer Better Than Selfishness

Those people who pray know what most around them either don't know or choose to ignore: centering life in the insatiable demands of the ego is the ...

Power of Prayer

Retired U.S. Marine Corps General Charles Krulak recounted a critical event in the Gulf War of 1991:

The prevailing winds in the Gulf area blow from northeast ...