If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:13 (ESV) This is the surprise ending to Jesus’ short discourse on prayer. From what He had just said, we might think about praying...

I remember when timed release medicine first hit the streets. Dristan touted this new technology. When the capsule dissolved the tiny pellets inside were released. Some of them were absorbed immediately and brought quick relief to the sinus sufferer. But others had a different coating so that they dissolved later and sustained the effect of the...

Gypsy, a furry, wheat-colored collie, found herself in possession of several hundred acres of hills and woods full of good things like rabbit trails and streams and intriguing burrows, and she delighted in it all.  She was given a comfortable bed and good meals.  Perhaps she rather took it all for granted.  Of obligations there were...

There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through town yesterday when...

Over the years, I have known a number of people who were attracted by the Gospel of Christ, but just couldn’t bring themselves to open their hearts to God. They seemed to fear that if they were to acknowledge their sin and guilt that they would be putting themselves in to the hands of a harsh...

How would you like to have had the chance to travel with the apostle Paul on his journeys?  To listen to him preach? To see him perform miracles? To boldly face down opponents? To be mentored by him? To have the chance to ask him questions about things that puzzle us in his letters? During his...

The world’s record for human-powered flight was set by Mr. Kanellos Kanellopoulos a fourteen-time Greek cycling champion, a graduate of the University of Athens, and a member of the Greek Olympic Cycling: The record-setting flight of Daedalus 88 had as pilot Olympic cyclist Kanellos Kanellopoulos of Greece. The flight began at the main airport of Iraklion,...

The scriptures use a number of pictures to describe the work of Christ, as if it’s so profound that there isn’t one single way to describe breadth of its effect. Here’s a rather unique one from the book of Colossians: And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made...