Jason and I retreated to the ICU waiting room to talk about his mother’s precipitous decline. Moments earlier the attending physician had spoken of her imminent death. “Six to 12 hours—maybe,” he said ...

In a pool she always found to be too cold, our daughter may not have received the full bene­fit of swim lessons. Still, her purple lips chattered happily every time she jumped into the water. In one ...

"Some of us grew up with a loaded gun for a mouth," said Pastor Mark Ellis, of United Christian Faith Ministries in Baton Rouge. "Before we came to Christ, we abused this gift God gave us called the ...

The Christian faith insists that we become “living sacrifices.” Our Lord calls us to change what’s evil within us. Through the power of the Holy Spirit we are to be transformed into Christ’s likeness.

“You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the prayer of his lips.” Psalms 21:3. “Praise is due to you, O God of Zion; and to you shall vows be performed, O you who answers prayer!” ...

Why theologian Matthew Bates would have evangelicals profess ‘allegiance’ to Christ. In his provocative book Salvation by Allegiance Alone, Matthew W. Bates expresses deep concern that ...

I'm a rabbi and I like Billy Graham. I don't agree with him about Jesus, but I like him anyway. He is coming to New York on June 24 for his last crusade (OK, I don't like that choice of words either), ...

True confession: There have been some years that I grew so tired of leadership books that I couldn't even walk into a bookstore for fearing of seeing another. After pulling myself together, it ...