Worship: Make Love, Make War

Worship songwriter Brian Doerksen writes of a time when God placed in his mind a surprising, provocative picture that has since defined for him biblical ...

Brazilian Drug Lord Loves Local Church

Philip Yancey writes in Christianity Today magazine:

I recently heard from a friend who visited a barrio in São Paulo, Brazil. He grew nervous as ...

Jesus Flavored or Jesus Filled?

[The label on the bottle said:] "Blueberry Pomegranate, 100 percent juice, all natural."

[There was also a picture of] a ripe pomegranate [spilling] ...

Demonstrating the Excellencies of Jesus

Joe Stowell writes in “Jesus Nation”:

Every day there are opportunities for each of us to reach out to others to demonstrate the excellencies ...

Fijian Government Silences Singing at Conference

In Fiji, singing hymns can get you in trouble. About one million Methodists live in the south Pacific island country, and each summer 20,000 to 50,000 ...

Celebrating the Community Contributions of Believers

Andy Crouch writes in an article titled "Teaching People to Flourish”:

I lived in Boston in the 1980s, and I spoke with a pastor of a major ...

Pastor's Wife Forgives Gunman

Fred Winters, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois, was shot and killed during a Sunday service on March 8, 2009, by a troubled young ...

Easter in Pakistan

While serving in Peshawar, Pakistan, for the Institute for Global Engagement, an organization that promotes sustainable environments for religious freedom ...

A Christian Neighbor's Bad Testimony

Steve Sjogren writes in “Changing the World Through Kindness”:

Not long after we moved [into our first house in California], my wife, Janie, ...

Neighborly Love Changes Man's Life

A man who had no interest in spiritual matters related casually to the Christian who lived next door—they talked over the back fence, borrowed lawn ...