In 2012, a 15-year-old Pakistani girl named Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking out about girls’ right to education. The Taliban was a giant in her world—armed, powerful, feared by everyone. She was…
•Bill Broadhurst was a great runner and he entered a 10k race in Omahu, a race that Bill Rodgers would win in less than 30 minutes. •Bill Broadhurst had a handicap, he was paralyzed on his entire left side…
Just 11 days after Charlie Kirk’s tragic death, his wife, Erika Kirk, extended forgiveness to the man accused of killing him. On Sunday, Sept. 21, Erika delivered a heartfelt tribute during a memorial service at State Farm Stadium in…
In the Incarnation God Became both Small and BigBritish pastor, Matthew Hosier, writes about a missionary friend who moved to a Muslim majority nation: When we first moved to the Middle East we heard that on festival days everyone…
The famous preacher D.L. Moody told about a Christian woman who was always bright, cheerful, and optimistic, even though she was confined to her room because of illness. She lived in an attic apartment on the fifth floor of…
When Queen Victoria first ascended the throne, she attended a performance of Handel’s Messiah, as was customary for royalty. Beforehand, she had been carefully instructed in the proper decorum—that under no circumstances was she to rise when the audience…
Bruce Larson often met with people who were struggling with the decision to surrender their lives to Christ. Many of them wrestled with the fear of letting go, unsure of what it meant to truly trust God. When words…
Eva Mozes Kor, a Holocaust survivor, learned a profound lesson about forgiveness through her own painful journey. As a young girl, she and her identical twin sister were torn from their mother’s arms, screaming and crying her name. They…
Mrs. Wesley was consumed by jealousy toward her husband. His work placed him in the role of friend and advisor to many women. Among his assistants and in the institutions he founded, women were employed—and to his insanely jealous…
There is a story I often share with seminary students about a young, confident preacher. He climbed into the pulpit with his head held high, pride shining through as if his “peacock feathers were flying in the breeze.” He…