Father Receives Scars While Rescuing His Son during a Tsunami

Wayne Cordeiro tells the story about a church member named Bully, a gentle man who got his nickname from his days of barking orders at construction sites. ...

Chicago Man Discovers His Real Name

The headline in the Chicago Tribune was poignant: "Living a Life Unknown." The subhead said, "Dozens of John, Jane Does turn up yearly ...

Every Person Has Experienced Heartache

I don't think any of us get off this planet without suffering enormously. And one of the chief ways we suffer is by loving people who are incredibly ...

Seeing One Bad Dentist Shouldn't Deter You from All Dentists

In his book Witness Essentials, Daniel Meyer tells the story of meeting a man named Gary who had grown up in a harsh, legalistic Christian home.

On several ...

'Titanic' Lifeboats Seats Were Only Half-filled

On April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and was swallowed up in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Over 1,500 people perished as "the ...

Russian Pastor Reminds Outcasts of Their God-given Dignity

In his book Your Church Is Too Safe, Mark Buchanan shares the following story about a Russian pastor named Father John Sergieff. Buchanan writes:

John ...

Tim Keller on Being "Middle-Class in Spirit"

Tim Keller offers the following definition for what Jesus meant by being "poor in spirit":

It means seeing that you are deeply in debt before ...

God Has Surprising Ways to Raise Up the Church's Next Leaders

Russell Moore recounts a memorable conversation with the evangelical theologian Carl F. H. Henry. As Moore and some of his friends were lamenting the ...

Man Risks His Life to Bring Adopted Daughter Home

In The Gospel of Matthew, Matt Woodley writes:

Eighteen years ago my friend Andy and his wife traveled to a South American country to complete their adoption ...

Suicide Plan Becomes an Instrument of Redemption

In his sermon "A God Who Redeems," Philip Griffin writes:

During the early days of our church plant in Texas we were baptizing lots of people ...