Two Great Moments

"There are two great moments in a person's life: the moment you were born and the moment you realize why you were born."

—Pastor Kirbyjon ...

How to Live in Fear of God

To live in fear of God means that we live before God and the rest of reality in such a way that there is never contempt within us. We take nothing for ...

Boy Skips National Spelling Bee for God

Elliot Huck, a 14-year-old from Bloomington, Indiana, decided to skip a preliminary to the National Spelling Bee. Though he placed 45th out of more than ...

On Being Accident-Prone

A rabbi taught that experiences of God can never be planned or achieved. "They are spontaneous moments of grace, almost accidental."

His student ...

Getting Alone with God

As soon as you are really alone, you are with God.

"Fever Pitch": Passionate Commitment

Fever Pitch, is the romantic comedy about one man's obsession with his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, and how that obsession comes between ...

Sports May Fill Spiritual Vacuum

In an essay titled "The Future of Sport" presented at the 2004 conference of the World Future Society, author and futurist Robin Gunston examines ...

The Church Should Cheer Like Duke

In all of sports, there is perhaps no basketball rivalry quite as intense as that between the Universities of Duke and North Carolina. The campuses are ...

Woman Distracted by Giant Ribbon

When it comes to our attitude toward God in worship, I have often found Christians to be like the woman in the Lexus TV commercial. On Christmas morning, ...

All Music Is Worship Music

Pastor Louie Giglio writes:

"I think that all music—not just Christian music but all music—is worship music, because every song is amplifying ...