Gift of the Gospel Changes a Culture

The people of the Hmar tribe of northeast India were once fierce headhunters, infamous for their vicious slayings. But in 1910, Welsh missionary Watkin ...

Peace Corps Worker Doesn't Fear Disease

Tom Yoder was frustrated. For six months as a Peace Corps volunteer, he'd worked diligently to earn the trust of an African tribe. He was eager to ...

Random Acts of Kindness

Re'na Garcia is a 24-year-old wife and mother of two preschoolers and a full-time nanny for two other children. She leads a busy life, but her favorite ...

Sound Check Demonstrates Billy Graham's Purpose

Billy [Graham] was so focused on bringing his message in every venue…that he would somehow always find a way to do it. His use of the microphone ...

Winter Town Receiving Sunlight

The little village of Rattenberg is the smallest town in Austria, and getting smaller each year. The town has lost 20 percent of its population in the ...

C. S. Lewis' Last Letter about Narnia

Less than one month before he died in 1963, C. S. Lewis wrote the following letter to a young girl who wanted to know if any other Narnia books were going ...

Rooftop Message Is Answered

Chris Moretz decided to ride out hurricane Katrina and doesn't think much of his choice. He describes his decision as "optimistic, naïve, ...

Banjo-buyer Benefited from a Demonstration

Pastor Steve May writes:

I decided to buy a banjo while I was in Brazil, even though my limited knowledge of Portuguese makes shopping a challenge. I also ...

Extra-Generous Tip Leads to Server's Salvation

Robert Morris writes in The Blessed Life:

I distinctly remember the first time we ever went out to eat after I had accepted Christ. I found myself wanting ...

Girl's Warning Saves Dozens from Tsunami

In Phuket, Thailand, Tilly Smith, a determined 10-year-old girl, saved her parents and dozens of fellow vacationers from the deadly tsunami because she ...