Before introducing Charles Colson, the host of a popular news interview program played a taped telephone message by two Christians who had fallen into sin. It was an attempt to embarrass Colson and make ineffective anything he would say. Knowing this, Colson responded with fervor: "There have been s

Dr. Arno Penzias is one of the two physicists who discovered the existence of cosmic background radiation. In his May 9 Breakpoint commentary, Chuck Colson points out that Penzias now says, "The creation of the universe is supported by all the observable data astronomy has produced so far. As a resu

Handling the Bumps I was driving down a bumpy country road when I saw a bag of cement beside the road. It appeared to have fallen off a delivery truck as it hit one of the bumps in the rough road. Being a person who does not like to see anything wasted, I stopped to pick up the lost bag of cemen

Hum the First Line My husband and I were enjoying an impromptu concert of Sunday school songs from our grandchildren, Jacey, 7, and Jessica, 4. After they'd run through their repertoire, Jacey began making up songs of his own, using Scripture he knew. I was impressed. "Jacey," I said, "you've lear

I received an interesting chain letter the other day. It went like this: To Whom It May Concern: If you are not satisfied with your present pastor mail this letter to the 6 churches listed at the top of the letter. The pack up your pastor and ship him to the church at the bottom of the list At th

It's hard to admit a mistake. But I'm not the only one with this problem. Once when Frederick II, an eighteenth-century King of Prussia, went on an inspection tour of a Berlin prison, he was greeted with the cries of prisoners, who fell on their knees and protested their unjust imprisonment. While

Early in my ministry, I met a man named Worral. He had been stricken with Rheumatoid Arthritis at age 15, and when I met him 30 years later, he was totally paralyzed except for 1 finger, could barely speak, and was totally blind. But he had a string tied to the one mobile finger that could turn

A scientist approaches God and says to Him: "God, we don't need You anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. We can now do what You did in the beginning." "Oh, is that so?" replies God. "Yes," says the scientist, "We can take dirt and form it into a human liken

Known as the "Bishop of the South Pacific," John Selwyn had at one time been recognized for his boxing skill. Touched by the Holy Spirit's convicting power, however, he later became an outstanding missionary. The Southport Methodist magazine reports that one day this saintly leader reluctantly gave

There are a lot of Christians who are doing nothing. But there are no Christians who have nothing to do. -Anonymous