Housepainter's Availability Leads to Rescue

Fathers Day 2005 was not a joyful day for Toby Hawkins of Bountiful, Utah. His 11-year-old son Brennan Hawkins had been missing for two days. A much-anticipated ...

How the Gospel Came to Mongolia

Bill and Amy Stearns, in their book 20/20 Vision, relate how the gospel came to Mongolia:

In the 1870s Swedish missionaries arrived in Mongolia—what ...

Soldier's Bravery an Example to Others

Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith could have retreated, but doing so would have allowed Iraqi troops to overrun an American aid station at Baghdad International ...

God Expects Us to Be Ourselves

The 19th century rabbi and teacher Reb Zusya, a short while before his death, said, "In the world to come I shall not be asked: 'Why were you ...

Tsunami Relief a Lesson in Ministry

Tsunami relief agencies working in the same village in the Indonesian region of Aceh have experienced varying degrees of acceptance.

One group offering ...

Bob Pierce Demonstrated God's Use of Imperfect People

World Vision Founder Bob Pierce was an extreme version of post-WWII evangelicalism: entrepreneurial, energetic, independent, and out to evangelize the ...

Doctor Learns Caring Makes the Difference

Rebecca O’Connor says, “When I first saw the horrific images of the Asian tsunami disaster, I was working the night shift at New York Presbyterian ...

Former Playmate Born to Be a Missionary

Susie Scott Krabacher had her 15 minutes of fame as "Miss May 1983" in Playboy magazine. What has happened in and through her since then is ...

President Bush's Rescue Demonstrated the Value of a Life

Time magazine carried an interesting story about former President George Herbert Walker Bush. It described a trip he took back to the South Pacific. During ...

St. Bernard Gives Up Dogs to Care for People

A controversy has arisen in Switzerland regarding the well known St. Bernard dogs and the accompanying St. Bernard hospice that have kept watch over an ...