One of the best examples I’ve found to describe this situation comes from one of my less pleasant memories as a customer in a diner. I shared some of the story in my book The God Catchers, but I want to revisit the story one more time and add some important details...
A church leader and dear friend told me a story that arrested my attention recently. The associated churches in his state gather in his town for a large family camp every year, and the attendance just keeps growing year after year. He said that the proprietors of a...
A prominent minister in Los Angeles was holding special revival meetings in his church a few years ago. Among those attending night after night was a gentleman obviously unacquainted with the general program. After a few meetings the preacher made a special point of...
He appeared to be very nervous as he walked through the large wooden church doors. His head was lowered and his eyes looked directly at the tile floor as he walked very slowly towards the far back pew, away from the rest of the congregation.The preacher immediately...
We present Jesus as the Messiah who came to die for our sins. We tell people that if they accept Christ they will go to heaven when they die. What's wrong with that? First, it's only half the gospel. Second, it gives the impression that eternal life is something we...
I told of my own bemusement in the early seventies when the redoubtable Moody Bible Institute, located just four blocks down the street from our church, was banning all beards, mustaches, and hair below the ears of male students-though each day students filed past a...
The legends of the Taj Mahal. They all fascinate, but there is one that haunts.The favorite wife of the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan died. Devastated, he resolved to honor her by constructing a temple that would serve as her tomb. Her coffin was placed in the center of a...