Roman Sentinel Stands Guard to the Very End

When the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the city [of Pompeii in A.D. 79], many people were buried in the ruins. Some took cover underground, and the ...

"Quo Vadis": The Faith of the Early Christian Martyrs

The epic film Quo Vadis depicts the decadent Roman Empire and the struggles of the early Christians living there in 64 AD. Military commander Marcus Vinicius ...

Coal Miners Did Essential Work in WW2

John Maxwell, in The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, writes:

During World War II, when Britain was experiencing its darkest days, the country had a difficult ...

Sin Blinds Us from Seeing Sin

When I was a teenager, I met a man who had this rather disturbing way of pointing out things that I found downright uncomfortable. In one discussion, ...

St. Thomas Aquinas's Devotion

In St. Thomas Aquinas, G. K. Chesterton describes the early life of the brilliant medieval theologian. Thomas was born into a wealthy, aristocratic family, ...

Persevering through Pain

Author and pastor Gary Preston writes:

Recently I read about a professional hockey player who is a star of the NHL team in the metro area near where I ...

Who Do You Serve?

While traveling in Ghana, I learned that in the dominant language of Ghana the only way to ask the question, "What is your religion?" is to ...

The Value of Renunciation

Abandon to God is of more value than personal holiness. ... When we are abandoned to God, He works through us all the time.

Universal Obedience

If God be God over us, we must yield him universal obedience in all things. He must not be over us in one thing, and under us in another, but he must ...

Submitting to the Divine Will

O Lord, grant that I may do thy will as if it were my will; so that thou mayest do my will as if it were thy will.