Stories

Christ Has Conquered Death

Billy Graham on the Good News of the Empty Tomb

Hollywood: Entertaining Ourselves to Death?

Whether or not we realize it, we all have been influenced by the entertainment industry more than we might think. When I was a young boy, about the most risqué thing I remember watching on television was miss kitty on Gunsmoke. Just a decade later, far more explicit and suggestive scenes were commonplace. Now, even watching the advertisements on television or viewing the trailers for movies is enough to make you blush.

How to Be Conformed to Christ’s Image

The Scriptures tell us clearly why we have been created: “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29). The Apostle Paul told the Galatians that he would labor with them until Christ was formed in them (Galatians 4:19). God’s purpose for us is nothing less than Christlikeness.

‘The Fool Has Said In His Heart—There Is No God’

Franklin Graham: The Bible Clearly Describes Those Who Deny God

Learn How to Follow Jesus

Jesus said, “Whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish” (Luke 14:27-30).

Resting In the Will of God

Have you ever felt torn between what is and what should have been, could have been or would have been if such-and-such had not taken place? Have you ever been plagued by the “if-onlys”?

Glimpsing His Glory

“Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children” (Psalm 90:16, NKJV). It’s with good reason the order was this way. Work appeals to the mature—but it is so important that our children glimpse His glory.

Love Like A Mother

Author Bodie Turner Theone shares about the eternal impact that the 1962 Billy Graham Fresno Crusade had on her mother's, and ultimately her own, life.

Shooting Star

Steph Curry views basketball career as a chance to shine for Christ.

Nothing But Joy

In his book Sky Pilot, Ralph Connor tells of a young man who wandered from a good home in Scotland to one of the ranches in the Wild West. One day, as the pilot was making his rounds and going from shack to shack, he heard someone singing Psalm 23.

Ministering to Jesus

Have you ever been consciously aware that you were being ministered to? As I look back on 2013, that’s one of the experiences that stands out.

Blessed Assurance

As Christians, we should be able to say that we are resting on certainties, not on chance. We don’t know the day or the hour of Christ’s return, but we do know He is coming to take us to be with Him forever. That is a comfort and certainty we share. Through the Bible, God…