Words of Life

Many years ago John and I were members of a wonderful church in Southern California. A young man also attended there who had an amazing spirit and an even more amazing testimony. “Daniel” was from Uganda; he had lived there under the brutal reign of Idi Amin. He had been…

Many today believe in a "religious" God. They believe that God is against them when they fall short, that He is angry with them when they fail, that fellowship with Him is cut off when they make mistakes. They believe that God is perpetually unsatisfied with them, waiting impatiently to…

Roger Huang is the founder of City Impact Ministries in San Francisco. Over the last three decades, God has radically changed countless lives in the Tenderloin District, an area marred by poverty, addiction, disease, and crime, because one man decided to chase after Him. Looking out across the pounding surf,…

I need to make the offer of Christianity clear: There is a way to be good again. The hope of Christianity is that we get to live life like Jesus. That beautiful goodness can be ours. He can heal what has gone wrong deep inside each of us. The way…

On LIFE TODAY this Tuesday, Polly Wright tells her story of childhood abuse that led to dancing in strip clubs as a young adult, and the freedom she later found in Christ. In her book Cherished, she relates the moment at a Christian camp when Jesus met her in an…

My son-in-law, Jesse, is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. He's also strong and smart – which makes him good at his job. Jesse is a registered nurse and has received many commendations and expressions of appreciation for his service at the hospital where he works. If you're…

The Bible says, "Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones" (Proverbs 16:24). Mother Teresa had a saying, "Let no one come to you without leaving happier and better." There are words and phrases we can use that soothe and calm – not…

"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk." J.C. Penney The great entrepreneurs have always been effective in setting and accomplishing great goals. Fred Smith, FedEx…

Christmas is to us so special in many ways. We celebrate with gratitude the gift of life to be fully experienced through Christ. A lifetime of precious memories will be replayed by all of us. The holidays are challenging for our family with the loss of our youngest daughter Robin…

If you are in a crisis today and God is bringing you through that crisis, you may discover one of these days that God has used this time of stress and uncertainty to bring you to a new level of maturity. In some cases, a period of crisis may be…