Do you long to walk closely with God? Do you desire to experience His presence? Do you want to make an impact for Him in people’s lives? Then you must root out pride in your heart.

The author Jim Taylor tells a story about his longtime friend, Ralph. One morning, Ralph woke up at 5:00 a.m. to a terrible thumping noise up on his roof. Still in his pajamas and groggy from just waking up, he walked out into the backyard to investigate.

In a recent survey, the Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics reported that 61 percent of the high school students and 32 percent of the college students polled admitted to having cheated on an exam during the past year.

A young music minister had just been called to lead worship at his very first church. He’d been thoroughly trained, spent years honing his skills, and he was ready to embrace his leadership role.

A churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. The letter read as follows:

The greatest obstacle to being physically handicapped is often not the condition itself but the stigma society still associates with it. Carlene Mattson shared a touching story about her handicapped son, Jeff, in an interview with Focus on the Family.

There’s a funny little scene in Disney’s movie, The Lion King, in which the young lion prince, Simba, has been captured by a band of hyenas.

According to legend, Nicholas of Myra – the fourth century bishop who inspired the modern-day Santa Claus – is said to have rescued young women from a tragic fate by secretly slipping gold coins through their window so their father could pay a dowry for each of them.

If you’ve ever been to a popular tourist destination you’ve surely seen the plethora of banners, billboards, and flashing signs that announce that the best of something or another can only be found in this or that shop or restaurant.

When it comes to Christmas shopping, most people fall into one of two categories. They either dread shopping and stress over finding the right gift for their loved ones, or they love the process of carefully seeking out that perfect gift for each person on their list.