Tony Campolo Throws a Party for a Prostitute

In his book The Kingdom of God Is a Party, Tony Campolo relates an experience he had late one night in Hawaii.

Up a side street I found a little place ...

Poor Man Returns $11,000 Watch

In 1972, a young Egyptian businessman named Farahat lost an $11,000 watch. He was stunned when a garbage man dressed in filthy rags found it and returned ...

Research on Honesty and Deceit

In 2008, New York Magazine ran a comprehensive article about research concerning kids and lying. In one study researchers gathered a group of children ...

Alone in the Wind for God

Certain it is that the reason there is so much shallow living—much talk but little obedience—is that so few are prepared to be, like the pine ...

"The Inn of the Sixth Happiness": The Testimony of Compassion

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is based on the true story of Gladys Aylward (played by Ingrid Bergman), a faithful missionary in a remote Chinese village ...

Church Central to Town

In the opening chapters of his autobiographical classic The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton offers a unique look at the church's place in society. ...

Why We Lie

Bella DePaulo, a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who specializes in studying forms of human deception, asked college ...

"American Idol" Finalists Share Faith

When answering questions for their Internet profiles, contestants on the TV show American Idol were not shy when it comes to their faith. When asked what ...

Watergate Proves the Resurrection

Charles Colson, convicted for his involvement in the Watergate scandal as an assistant to President Richard Nixon, writes:

When I am challenged on the ...

Bumper Sticker Hypocrisy

A police officer pulled a driver aside and asked for his license and registration. "What's wrong, officer," the driver asked. "I didn't ...