I walked directly behind the nurse without looking left or right. She was leading me through the intensive care unit. A church member had asked me to visit a 25-year-old woman named Tracy who had been in a terrible car accident. Of course I would. That’s what pastors do. I…

For most of us, to see is to believe. The thought never crossed my mind that I could come to love Jesus more than any other living soul on the planet until I saw someone cloaked in flesh and blood actually do it. Her name was Marge Caldwell. Until then,…

On March 7, 2007, my life changed completely with one, simple, misplaced step and a fall down the stairs resulting in vertigo and brain injury induced short-term memory loss. Some would say it changed for the worse, and by human standards they would be entirely right. Fortunately, and I can…

Most of us care. We really do. We care about our own lives, for sure, and also about the lives of those around us. We care about poverty and injustice, about orphans and the sick. We care about the folks who live and work alongside us and about what happens…

I have always, by the grace of God, been intrigued by the tensions created in scripture, so I’ve dug and asked questions and been tenacious about pursuing understanding. If, however, I step back and truly gain the perspective that God is the Alpha and the Omega, who has always been…

“Come and dine,” the Master is calling. "Come and dine!" I was working with my son, Randy, to edit an article recently when I quoted some scripture. He stopped me and asked, “Did you mean to repeat yourself? You referenced the hungry twice.” I grabbed my Bible and turned to…

You would have liked my brother, Dee. He made friends the way bakers make bread: daily, easily, warmly. I, the shy younger brother, relied on him to make introductions for us both. When a family moved onto the street or a newcomer walked onto the playground, Dee was the ambassador.…

As we conclude our television emphasis of Rescue LIFE, it is fitting to address the topic of forgiveness. For those who have suffered so much abuse, it is especially difficult. But two of LIFE's key mission partners, Peter and Ann Pretorius, have also faced a painful situation that required them…

Did Jesus really have to die to save mankind? In the limited, contradictory framework of human logic, it may seem like a God who can do whatever He wants could easily avoid all of the suffering – and perhaps He could have. But what we do know is that Jesus…

I’m not gonna cry. I’m not gonna cry. I repeated this phrase in my head with the hope that somehow it would become true. But the lump in my throat and the tears that welled up in my eyes told a different tale. Tension grew and the ambient music swelled…