Grisham Novel Describes Conversion

In The Testament, novelist John Grisham paints a portrait of one man's surrender to God's will. Nate O'Reilly is a disgraced corporate attorney ...

Dostoevsky Finds Christ after Escaping Death

Fyodor Dostoevsky was one of the most famous and accomplished Russian writers of the 19th century.

Early in his life, Dostoevsky underwent a virtual resurrection. ...

Murderer Carla Faye Tucker Confesses Christ

Carla Faye Tucker in 1983 helped to kill two people with a pickaxe, and she was so animalistic in her behavior that she laughed while she did it. She ...

Burial Leads to New Life

Object Lesson:

Display pots of soil, a watering can, and a seed packet.

I am going to plant seeds in these pots. Over the next few weeks as we see them ...

Soldier Hears and Later Finds God

Roy Edgemon writes in The Ways of God:

While in Okinawa, Japan, I would end each radio ministry broadcast with an invitation to call in questions and requests. ...

Jack Bivans Unshackled

For decades Jack Bivans has been one of the radio voices on Unshackled!, the radio theater produced by Chicago's Pacific Garden Mission for over 50 ...

"Titanic": Invitation to Trust

The blockbuster Titanic tells the tale of how, on that ill-fated voyage, Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) won the affection of a wealthy young woman named ...

Atheist Unable to Meet Christian's Challenge

In the 19th century Charles Bradlaugh, a prominent atheist, challenged a Christian man to debate the validity of the claims of Christianity. The Christian ...

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas": Changed Attitude

How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a fanciful movie based on Dr. Seuss' classic holiday poem. The Grinch, a hairy, green, cantankerous beast, looks ...

Substitutes for Transformation

Pastor John Ortberg reflects:

Conforming to boundary markers too often substitutes for authentic transformation.

The church I grew up in had its boundary ...