Jacob was a fugitive fleeing for his life. He had impatiently deceived his father, Isaac, into giving him the birthright blessing that belonged to his brother, Esau. When Esau learned about the deception, he vowed to kill his brother. Jacob fled to the home of relatives, but on the way, he had a dream in […]
The apostle Paul wrote two letters to a young minister named Timothy. Timothy had been raised by a godly mother and grandmother. Reminding him of that training, Paul writes, “And that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” […]
It was a battle against water and a race against time. In June 2018, a young soccer team and their coach were trapped on a muddy ledge two and a half miles inside the flooded Tham Luang caves in Thailand. They had been stranded there for ten days when two experienced cave divers finally found […]
Can you imagine discovering that your favorite high school teacher, the one whose classes you always looked forward to, couldn’t read? Impossible, surely! But no, author John Corcoran’s first book was autobiographical. He titled it, “The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read.” How could that be? Corcoran started school in the 1940s when dyslexia was not understood. […]
The atmosphere is charged with angry excitement. Under heavy guard, Jesus has been brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea. Jealous national leaders are accusing Him of treason against the Roman emperor and pushing Pilate to condemn Him to death. A mob has followed Jesus to His trial, also clamoring loudly for a […]
On a late summer evening in 1977, George and Joy Swift were the victims of a tragedy too horrible for words. A troubled 14-year-old neighbor murdered their four children, aged 17 months to 14 years, with George’s gun, stolen while they were away for a few hours. Three weeks later, an older daughter who had […]
Ravensbrück—even the mere mention of it caused a shudder. During World War II, it was the most dreaded Nazi concentration camp for women, notorious throughout Europe. But in 1944, it suddenly became a fearful reality for two middle-aged Dutch sisters arrested for hiding Jews, Betsie and Corrie ten Boom. By a miracle, they managed to […]
Samantha grew up attending church and being a “good girl.” She didn’t really understand Christianity, but she did what her parents expected. Things changed when Samantha moved to college. She became involved with people who drank and did drugs constantly. She was excited to have new friends, but they and her classes began to convince […]
Our society can hardly function without pictures. We use pictures everywhere. We hang them on our walls, upload them online, publish them in books, carry them in our wallets, watch them on our screens, and put them on our driver’s licenses. In spite of the fact that even the best picture can never replace the […]
One February night in 1993, 20-year-old Laramiun Byrd decided to go to a party with some friends. In the heat of a hostile exchange with another group there, he was fatally shot by 16-year-old Oshea Israel. Oshea was arrested and sentenced to 25 years for second-degree murder. Looking back on his youth, Oshea says, “I […]