Blind Man Needs to Be "Born Again" to See

In a book titled, An Anthropologist on Mars, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells about Virgil, a man who had been blind from early childhood. When he was 50, ...

Marketers Target High Expectations of Americans

Bill Bryson writes of a lecture on marketing he once heard contrasting how products were sold in Britain and the United States.

The gist of the program ...

Alcoholics Anonymous Founder Lived a Lie

Bill Wilson was the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. For that accomplishment, Time magazine named Wilson one of the Top 100 People of the 20th century. ...

Schoolteacher Started African Revival

In 1935, Blasio Kugosi, a schoolteacher in Rwanda, Central Africa, was deeply discouraged by the lack of life in the church and the powerlessness of his ...

Former Playmate Born to Be a Missionary

Susie Scott Krabacher had her 15 minutes of fame as "Miss May 1983" in Playboy magazine. What has happened in and through her since then is ...

Prostitutes Experience Redemption

Philip Yancey recounts stories of prostitutes who have been brought into the kingdom of God:

Juanita, for example, was sold into sexual slavery by her ...

Exotic Spas Create a Feeling of Transformation

As of 2023, according to the International Spa Association (ISPA), there are over 125,000 spas in the world. The United States has the most spas, with ...

Gold Fever Grips Slum

The slum district of Manila is already overcrowded, but a gold rush has made it worse. It all started when 15-year-old Alfredo Gallo, who was combing ...

Perfume Doesn't Transform Barbarians

In a TV commercial by one credit card company Capital One, a couple is making a purchase in a shopping center. When the clerk tells how much it will cost, ...

Stephen Baldwin's Faith Changed His Life

Stephen Baldwin is one of the famous Baldwin brothers, a family of Hollywood actors.

Referring to his newfound faith in Christ, Stephen said, "I've ...