"Chariots of Fire": Pleasing God

Chariots of Fire is the true story of two British runners competing in the 1924 Olympics. Eric Liddell is a devout Christian and one of the finest runners ...

Church Learns Not to Lock Out Their Community

I grieved when our church began chaining our parking lot to keep out the cars of parents who were dropping children off at the adjacent school. The school's ...

"The Two Towers": Desire to Live Courageously

In the film Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Sauron's dark forces begin to overcome peaceful Middle Earth. The hope for Middle Earth lies in the ...

Medical Pioneer Gives Credit to God

Katherine Hsu pioneered tuberculosis-prevention strategies now replicated around the world.

Born in 1914 in Fuzhou, South China, Hsu counts herself fortunate ...

Mission: The Church's Gift and Promise

"Mission is not a burden laid upon the church; it is a gift and a promise to the church that is faithful. The command arises from the gift. Jesus ...

Setting Our Upper Limit

Colin Smith, pastor of Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church, writes:

I have vivid memories as a kid of my father taking me to an auction sale. He ...

IBM CEO Says to Change Everything But...

Thomas J. Watson Jr., founder and CEO of IBM from 1956 to 1971 wrote:

I firmly believe that any organization, in order to survive and achieve success, ...

Church Invests in the Needy

One Thanksgiving, Denny Bellesi asked for volunteers to join him at the altar of the Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso Viejo, California. He didn't ...

"Men in Black": Worth the Sacrifice

Men in Black is a comedy about two special agents who work for Men in Black, an underground agency created to protect earth from tyrant extraterrestrials. ...

Evangelism Is Like an Usher's Obligation to Rescue Others

The story goes that a young man applied for a job as an usher at a theater in the mall. The manager asked him, "What would you do in case a fire ...