“Please….Mr. Lion….Aslan, Sir?” said Digory. “Could you….may I….please, will you give me some magic fruit of this country to make my mother well?” Digory, a child character in one of the C.S. Lewis Narnia books, had brought about much disaster […]
I’ve often been asked the question, “Why does God test us?” “Doesn’t God know everything already?” we wonder. “If so, why would He need to test us?” Well, first of all, consider when God tests us, it is not for […]
Do you trust God? Taking a leap of faith and learning to trust the Almighty is a means of drawing ever closer to God. But most of us grasp for control. We look for security, never realizing that the only […]
Whether we realize it or not, we are all hungry for God. The problem is that most of us don’t know how to satisfy that need. We tend to spend our lives searching for something to satiate our inner hunger. […]
Thomas Watson Sr. was forty years old when he became general manager of a little firm that made meat slicers, time clocks, and punch-card machines. At one point, he recognized the incredible potential of a new machine used for processing […]
Triumph, this time of year, seems to come in many shades of success in the Western world. Many of us feel most ready for Christmas when we have met every shipping deadline, reciprocated every Christmas card, or averted every scheduling […]
A customs officer observes a truck pulling up at the border. Suspicious, he orders the driver out and searches the vehicle. He pulls off the panels, bumpers, and wheel cases but finds not a single scrap of contraband, whereupon, still […]
A few Christmases ago, my daughter and son-in-law decided to take a date night, which meant we had the distinct pleasure of having the grandchildren for an overnight stay. Being the doting grandparents we are, we decided to take them […]
Is it possible to feel God’s presence? This question brings to mind the story of Darlene Deibler Rose. Rose was a young American missionary in the jungles of New Guinea who survived four years of captivity in Japanese prison camps […]
We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds. As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob. Psalm 75:1, […]
