Some people are taught that in order to go straight to Heaven you have to merit Heaven and do penance, rituals and prayers etc. It isn't for love of God that you do these things, but instead when that happens it is trying to manipulate God and the action is for...
Create in me a clean heart, O GodThe wind was blowing with a blustery intensity and the white caps formed their frothy displays as the ocean waves rolled onto the shore. There were several rows of whitecaps - each breaking at different times, giving the waves a...
While in Paris this summer, we visited a very unusual tourist attraction. It was not something that many of us would find irresistible or breath-taking, but strangely enough, it is one that we will never forget having visited: The Paris Sewer Museum.Prior to this...
Once upon a time a man-clad only in the dirtiest of rags lived in the streets. One day a person from the palace approached him. There was going to be a banquet at the palace, and people from the highways and byways were being invited. "Would he like to come?" The man...
Once a father took his three sons on a winter hike. They came to a field glistening white from a snow the night before. There was not a single track of any kind that had been made in the field. The father, wanting to challenge his youngsters and perhaps teach them a...
There was one such service in August 1995 at the conclusion of a week of meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The atmosphere had been very difficult, and that day I sensed that we had finally experienced a breakthrough. The presence of the Lord filled the building, and...
Once a week or so my church schedules a "Mom's Night Out," with free babysitting for single mothers who need a night off or mothers who simply want to spend an evening with their husbands. Our pastor's wife once happily took advantage of this programme to go out to...