The Cross, Not the Scales

The repeated promises in the Qur'an of the forgiveness of a compassionate and merciful Allah are all made to the meritorious, whose merits have been ...

Love Admits the Truth

I preached to my home congregation some time ago, and I talked in the sermon about how much I appreciated and admired my father because his mother died ...

True Miracles

Miracles can occur without special effects. It takes more doing for a holy God to forgive an errant person than it does to part the waters of a sea.

A Mixture of Hits and Errors

In 1986 Bob Brenley was playing third base for the San Francisco Giants. In the fourth inning of a game against the Atlanta Braves, Brenley made an error ...

God Is Out to Pardon

Several years ago, a businessman found out about an elderly widow who was unable to pay her rent. Feeling pity for her, he went to some of his friends ...

He Doesn't Remember

A nun once confessed to her bishop that Christ had revealed himself to her in person. The bishop was surprised, but he knew this nun and the deep walk ...

The Overlooked Volcano

Scores of people lost their lives. The world's mightiest army was forced to abandon a strategic base. Property damage approached a billion dollars. ...

Six Slits Sink Ship

Scientists now say that a series of slits, not a giant gash, sank the Titanic.

The opulent, 900-foot cruise ship sank in 1912 on its first voyage, from ...

Destroyed by Lust

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports that more than 17,000 deer die each year after being struck by motorists on state highways. According ...

When Hate Is Born

Hate is born when men call evil good. And like an infant serpent bursting from its small, confining shell, it never can be cased so small again.