City's First Ambulance Runs Over Tourist

In October 1909, Vancouver, British Columbia purchased its first motorized ambulance. In 1909, a new ambulance was a rare thing, but the city spared no ...

Being Nice Won't Lead Others to Christ

We all know that words, without deeds, are dead. However, deeds without words are also dead. Consider the following:

Let's say I have a neighbor, and ...

Doctors Work to Restore Patient's Heartbeat

A person is lying on a surgical table. It's the moment of crisis. Doctors and nurses are working frantically to save a life. But it's clear they ...

Act of Kindness Opens the Door for Ministry

In 1967 Doug Nicols was doing missions work in India when he contracted tuberculosis and was committed to a sanitarium for several months. In the TB sanitarium, ...

A Former Lesbian Transformed by Christian Hospitality

At the age of 36, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield was a recently tenured professor in the Center for Women's Study at Syracuse University. Rosaria and ...

Author of the 'Da Vinci Code' on His Loss of Faith

Author Dan Brown wrote the bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. At first glance, the plot isn't anything that stands out above the normal mystery ...

Woman Led to Christ through an Act of Kindness

Craig Groeschel writes in “The Christian Atheist”:

It's amazing what a difference the little things will make. For example, years ago when ...

An Unlikely Friendship Opens a Door to Share Christ

Kary Oberbrunner, author of Your Secret name, shared a story about his encounter with an older man named Bob. While Kary was at the local gym, trying ...

Eyes of a Doctor, Eyes of a Judge

Let's suppose that on your way to work each morning, you usually stop at a Starbucks. You tend to get to the store at the same time each morning, ...

The Power of "Redemptive Waiting"

In a sermon, Pastor Bryan Wilkerson shared the following story:

Years ago I visited one of my kids' pre-school classes. On this particular day, the ...