In one of former President Jimmy Carter's best-selling books, Living Faith, Carter talks about how faith affects every aspect of his life. He originally wanted to call that book, Faith Is a Verb, but his publishers instead opted for the title, Living Faith. Both titles make sense because a liv

One of society's most celebrated writers was O. Henry. Readers enjoyed how he always had a little twist to his stories and how he was always interested in the lives of common people and their struggles. When William Sydney Porter (O. Henry's real name) passed away, his last words to

The president of William and

Years ago, Bob Dylan wrote a great truth in one of his songs. He said: "You may be an ambassador to England of France; You may like to gamble, you might like to dance; You may be the heavy-weight champion of the world; You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls; But you're go

Ambrose Bierce once wrote, "An abstainer is a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure." Surely this is the logic of a world that imagines God as a cosmic kill joy. God wants us to have noble pleasures.

A little boy was overheard praying, "Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am."Is this the unspoken prayer of many to whom we preach?

In happened in Reno. A police officer saw a car weaving on the highway, driving slowly and stopping for no apparent reason. When the officer pulled the vehicle over he saw that the driver was a seven-year-old child. The father was drunk in the passenger seat. The father said that he was teaching the

Once there was a man who sat down to read a stack of papers waiting for his perusal.One of the pieces of mail was a newsletter entitled, "The Report of the Paris Missionary Society."In the humble newsletter was an article describing needs in the Congo. This man who was multi-talented - w

The Harris poll recently discovered that nearly half of Americans are not sure God exists.The survey records that 42 percent of adults in the United States are not "absolutely certain" there is a God. This compares with 34 percent who felt that way when surveyed three years ago. Who knows why the nu

Even mothers who try hard are sometimes disappointed.According to Irving Wallace, Alice Hamilton had two sons who were listed as "Public Enemy Number 1." Her older son, Floyd, was a part of Bonnie and Clyde's gang.He served time at both Leavenworth and Alcatraz. Another son, Raymon