"Dead Man Walking": Vengeance and Mercy

Dead Man Walking is based on a true story about Sister Helen Prejean (played by Susan Sarandon), a nun who agrees to offer spiritual counsel to Matthew ...

Our Duty to the Church

The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on course. ...

A Lesson in Conservation

I grew up in the mountains of South India. My parents were missionaries to the tribal people of the hills, and our lives were about as simple as they ...

Act of Forgiveness Changes Author's Life

When Shannon Ethridge was just 16 years old, an act of forgiveness and love changed her life forever. While driving to her high school one day, Ethridge ...

Students Shocked by Professor's Judgment

On the first day teaching his class of 250 college freshmen, R. C. Sproul carefully explained the assignment of three term papers. Each paper was due ...

Shoppers Ignore Dying Woman

The last thing LaShanda Calloway saw before she died was people literally stepping over her to continue shopping as if nothing had happened. Calloway ...

A Lesson from Ants on Sacrifice

Certain ants in South and Central American rainforests will lie down in the potholes that stand between their army and food. Their bodies form a makeshift ...

Facing Possibility of Death, Man Goes on Spending Spree

John Brandick, a 62-year-old British man, was told he would succumb to pancreatic cancer within a year. Thinking he only had that single year to live, ...

Two Great Moments

"There are two great moments in a person's life: the moment you were born and the moment you realize why you were born."

—Pastor Kirbyjon ...

Reaching Out to Hollywood

Twelve years ago, Bryan Coley had season tickets to two Atlanta theater companies. The plays he saw glorified postmodernism and dysfunctional lives by ...