24Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its...
Several times each year, I receive a letter from the editor of Evangelicals Today magazine assigning me deadlines and topics. During the many years I have been a regular ET columnist, this is the first time I remember ever writing on the assigned topic. As usual, I...
Before me stood a man I had respected and admired for years. I had read his books. I had been inspired by his powerful church and challenged by his passionate preaching. His prayer life was exemplary, his ministry legendary. I had just spent several thousand dollars...
As I travel to different churches and nations, people often ask questions about how to be more fruitful and effective in discipleship. While being fruitful and effective is important, this is the wrong question. Many people are fruitful and effective and yet are not...
1988 summer Olympics. Seoul, South Korea. Eight men started the race. Only seven finished. British 400-meter runner Derek Redmond had to quit because of an injury to his Achilles tendon. The pain in his heart was greater than the pain in his leg as he watched his...
The year was 1924. The Olympic Games were staged in Paris, France. These were the same Olympics immortalized in the film “Chariots of Fire” that traced the dreams and internal struggles of two Olympic champions, Eric Liddel and Harold Abrahams. While Eric and Harold...
