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SERVICE More than 50 years after his death, the Army has endorsed awarding the Medal of Honor to a Kansas priest who humbly served his fellow prisoners in a Chinese prison camp during the Korean War. When they returned home after the war, members of the eighth Calvary Regiment spoke of the many ways…

John Todd was a famous minister of the 1800's and he grew up in Vermont, but he lost both of his parents when he was six years old. And, since there were so many kids in the family, they didn't know what to do with all the children and so they found an aunt who said, "I will be happy to take John in."…

Anyone can be the same, but it takes courage to be different. An invisible mark was on the name of Edwin Booth. Where once he had been a fine actor and one of the best tragedians in America, a giant asterisk now stood beside his name in the minds of the people. He was no longer Edwin Booth the Shakespearean…

(By Nathan Busenitz) Today’s post is adapted from Nathan’s new book, Reasons We Believe: Fifty Lines of Evidence that Confirm the Christian Faith (Crossway, 2008). This article was adapted from part of reason no. 2, discussing the existence of God from the standpoint of His Creation. We will be running…

SALVATION "Actions," the saying goes, "speak louder than words." Ungodly actions can muffle the sounds of righteous words. That's what happened in Stephanie's home. Stephanie grew up in church and regularly heard the claims of the gospel, but never experienced a life transformation until she was eighteen.…

TO ILLUSTRATE GOD'S LOVE------ T here is a natural, logical kind of lov­ing that loves lovely things and lovely people. That's logical. But there is another kind of loving that doesn't look for value in what it loves, but that creates value in what it loves. Like Rosemary's rag doll. When Rosemary, my…

PARENTING A survey by a British Magazine for teenagers suggests teens may not be as rebellious as most people think. Bliss magazine asked 5,000 young people, with an average age of 15, to take part in a study examining social and political attitudes of teenagers across the country. The survey found the…

ADVERSITY Murphy's Law Goes to Church: —the year's lowest attendance will occur when the superintendent makes a visit —members living 15 miles away will be 15 minutes early and members living within two blocks away will be 15 minutes late —saying "let us pray" causes babies to cry —the shorter the agenda,…

parables, etc. ". . . he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 R.S.V. - a monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 6, Number 10 December / 1986 SEASON'S GREETINGS- The church choir director was being driven out of his mind at the rehearsals for the Christmas Choral…

parables, etc. "... he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 R.S.V. a monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 8, Number 1 March / 1988 IMVESTING LOVE Miss Thompson was a conscientious teacher who tried to treat all her students the same. There was one little boy,…

the pastor's story file a resource file for pastors/ teachers/speakers THEME: Christmas Number 26 (Volume 3, Number 2) — December / 1986 A CHRISTMAS REALIST A little boy paid a visit to Santa in the department store and presented him with a list of requests: a bicycle, a train, a bat and ball, a rocket…

Changing Culture- Tim Keller Some seem to have risen to the challenge of effective ministry in a changing culture. Who can we learn from? I am actually a bit reluctant to lift anyone up high as a shining example—including Redeemer Presbyterian. Let me put it like this: John Stott at All Souls Church…