Ruth Huffman -- my precious, hospitable, loving, mighty, hymn-singing grandmother -- passed away last week on September 27, 2010. Because of personal illness, I was unable to attend her funeral. So my attempt at some small epitaph comes in the form of a poem Ruth wrote on March 16, 1976, as she …
I was touched by this hymn by Henry Francis Lyte in our Wednesday night service -- a universally appropriate, heart-reflecting, Christ-exalting prayer: Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.When other helpers fail and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O …
"If we are to believe many modern commentators, science has squeezed God into a corner, killed and then buried him with its all-embracing explanations. Atheism, we are told, is the only intellectually tenable position, and any attempt to reintroduce God is likely to impede the progress of science. …
Here is an excerpt from the book we are now offering as our way of saying “Thank you” for your gift of any amount. It is our hope that these true stories of Christian heroes will inspire you to greater courage in your Christian witness as well: Venus, the goddess of love, was revered by the Romans, …
" This account gives us valuable insight into the life of a man who accepted the challenges of ministry with both integrity and grace, and into the life of a pastor in French Quebec. A powerful reminder that there are no little places if we are faithful to the God who called us." -- from the back …
I recently came across this hymn by Isaac Watts and found it expressed biblical truth with spiritual power: Jesus shall reign where’er the sunDoes His successive journeys run;His kingdom spread from shore to shore,‘Til moons shall wax and wane no more. For Him shall endless prayer be made,And …
A friend recently shared this video with me with this comment: "I’ve been a bit sluggish and lax spiritually lately, so I needed a swift kick in the pants to set me straight." That it is!
"In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis' classic vision of the Afterworld, the narrator boards a bus on a drizzly English afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations, and comes to some significant …
Al Mohler recently wrote, very insightfully, that: "While the scientific method has brought incalculable gifts to human life and understanding, science is a human activity conducted within a human cultural context. It is never free from ideological influence or political complexities. Science is …
"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" (Psalm 8:3-4). This worthwhile page on FoxNews today: The Hubble Space Telescope explores our universe 24 …