My brother has a piece of property with a creek, and the creek had a good fishing hole. But one winter there was a flood. The water came down in such force that it filled the fishing hole with rocks and gravel. What a...
Samuel Chadwick, a noted English preacher, tells how he started his ministry infatuated with his eloquence as a speaker. Taking a pastorate in a little
The day-after-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy is already over. The radio is playing Christmas carols! The children are making their wish lists and may ...
One day last fall as we were driving to Seattle, the leaves were vivid with color. They had not only turned yellow, but mixed in were brilliant hues of red, orange, and green. These trees...
My parents were not Christians when they married, and consequently pursued worldly pleasures. However, Mom became concerned about their lifestyle and started looking for a way out of sin. She was saved through the encouragement of her brother, and then prayed for three years ...
There is no one better at administering comfort than your mother. Just ask Nick Anderson. One fateful night in 1995, the Orlando Magic guard missed four free throws in the final seconds of his team’s NBA Final’s game against Houston. Those free throws could have sealed the win, but missing them put the game into...
March of 2000 was a special time for members of my family — we took a trip to the Holy Land. One of the outstanding places we visited was the Jewish Holocaust Museum just outside of Jerusalem. We were deeply moved by what we viewed. I wandered off...
Isobel Kuhn, missionary to the Lisu tribesmen of China, learned a priceless lesson about submission. In her book, In the Arena, she wrote about how, early in her preparation to become a missionary, a fellow Christian’s example of a submissive state of mind had impacted the whole course...
The importance of listening to God when His Spirit speaks to our hearts cannot be overstated. Jim Gilmon proved that. He said, “Rheumatic fever struck me when I was just a lad. The doctor told me I would not be healthy. I promised God my life if He would heal me, and...
A number of years ago, the London Missionary Society sent a group of missionaries to Tahiti. For fourteen years these missionaries faithfully preached the Gospel and prayed for the salvation of the people there. However, their efforts seemed like feathers blown against a brick wall — in...