From Witch to Christian

In Today's Christian Woman, Kimberly Shumate tells how she became a Christian after living as a witch. We pick up the story as she, after coming to ...

Jonathan Edwards on God's Surprising Ways

[Jonathan] Edwards first encountered God in an intensely experiential way while reading 1 Timothy 1:17: "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, ...

Why "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Worked

[Eighteenth century pastor and theologian Jonathan Edwards'] most famous composition, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (1741)…is ...

Bush Challenged by Bible Study

As a west Texan, Don Evans did what came naturally in a storm: he joined a Bible study group. He coaxed his friend George Bush to come along. The program ...

We Need Both the Word and the Spirit

In his book I Believe in the Church, David Watson writes:

All Word and no Spirit, we dry up; all Spirit and no Word, we blow up; both Word and Spirit, ...

Like Learning Violin, Bible Study Requires Discipline

Author and theologian R. C. Sproul writes:

One of my dreams for heaven is to learn how to play the violin. We started a church a few years ago. We have ...

Author R. C. Sproul's Unusual Conversion

Author and theologian R. C. Sproul recounts his conversion:

I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not ...

Pilot Caught in a Deadly Spiral

In the early days of aviation, planes were not yet equipped with gyroscopic turn indicators. When pilots flew through clouds or fog, they would often ...

Bible Trivia

The prince of Grenada, an heir to the Spanish crown, was sentenced to life in solitary confinement in Madrid's ancient prison. The dreadful, dirty, ...

Unorthodox Evangelism with Business Executives

A man named Hubert Mitchell memorized the entire New Testament. As a former missionary in his sixties, he spent his days in downtown Chicago, going from ...