Missionary Gracia Burnham on Comprehending God

Missionary Gracia Burnham, who was held captive by terrorists in the Philippines for more than a year and whose husband was killed during the rescue, ...

Young Man Relies on Christ in Sickness

I've been around college students a long time, and you can't help but have your favorites. One of my favorites was a kid named Tim Vanderveen ...

Deliverance from Life's Frustrations

The way out of life's frustrations is found not by resenting our limitation but by accepting the place of frustration as the sphere of God's purpose. ...

Evangelist Luis Palau Learns Complete Dependence on God

Evangelist Luis Palau writes:

During my first semester at Multnomah School of the Bible, Torchbearers founder Major Ian Thomas spoke at our chapel service. ...

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, ...

We Don't Have God's Plan

At his news conference the morning after the beginning of the 2003 attacks on Iraq, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was asked by a reporter "about ...

Father and Son Help Rescue Abandoned Baby

On a cold winter day Gabriel Estrada, a high school senior in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, did the unthinkable. When his 17-year-old girlfriend secretly gave ...

God Saves Husband and Wife Independently

Joe McKeever writes:

My friend Bryan saw [God's providence]. Aboard a plane to Salt Lake City, Bryan got acquainted with his seatmates, a mother and ...

Pain Can Make Us Willing

In an old Christian song titled "Hornets", the verses recount the stories of Jonah, Moses, and Balaam, and how God got them to say or do what ...

Prayer for Mother's Recovery Goes Unanswered

Pastor Randy Frazee shared this with his congregation:

My mother was dying. I went to God and made a special request. By her bedside I prayed 50 times. ...