The World Depends on Faith

I didn't observe any of you come into this room and examine your chair before you sat in it. You just automatically committed yourself by faith to ...

True Faith

Faith is not belief without proof but trust without reservation.

Faith Begins When Our Power Ends

Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. Faith begins where man's power ends.

Confidence in a Crisis

Green Bay Packers' head coach Mike Holmgren looks back at a heartbreaking moment, when he was cut from the New York Jets as backup quarterback to ...

Resisting God's Miracles

When [our son] John Mark was 4 years old, he was out playing in the back yard and got a splinter in his foot. He came in and held up his foot. He was ...

Ultimate Freedom

The great spiritual task facing me is to so fully trust that I belong to God that I can be free in the world--free to speak even when my words are not ...

Faith Means Never Having to Ask Directions

All of us have had that experience of driving to some friends' house in an area where we have never been before. Often you've had to drive a long ...

I Can't Afford to Tithe

My 14-year-old son, Joel Porter, has a job this year. He got his first, official paycheck. Boy, was he thrilled. He came home and showed me his paycheck. ...

Outer Turmoil, Inner Calm

Christ's life outwardly was one of the most troubled lives that was ever lived: tempest and tumult, tumult and tempest, the waves breaking over it ...

Research on Communication

"Great Sermon, Pastor, I Didn't Understand a Word!"

J. Scott Armstrong, associate professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, ...