If you are reading this online right now, you may have a mouse in your hand. Not the brown furry kind. The hard plastic kind that slides or rolls on a pad. Try something for me. Take the mouse (either kind) and see if you can use it to drive a nail into a two-by-four. … Continue reading Start with right-usefulness
It was while Josh McDowell was on his way to examine the historical evidence of Christianity that he came to believe that the claims of Christ are indeed true. C.S. Lewis, the author of “The Chronicles of Narnia,” is in that same camp of former skeptics. Count Lee Strobel in that group as well. The … Continue reading These became followers of the way
Every now and then, I hear a story that makes me smile and say, “I want to be like that!” Here’s one of my favorites. A university professor was asked to speak at a military base one December, and a soldier named Ralph was sent to pick him up at the airport. After they had … Continue reading Abundance: Learning to live between the steps
Some memories are permanently etched on our minds. Others fade with time. Everyone who is at least 18 years old remembers where he was on Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001, when jetliners were flown into the World Trade Center. I was at college coffee at Elon, just after my 8 a.m. class, and oblivious to … Continue reading These are the moments we never forget
It happened in an instant. The accused was giving a defense for his actions, saying that he had a clear conscience about all that he had done, when the order came from the back of the room to strike him on the mouth. The blow was struck, and with bloody mouth the prisoner cried out, … Continue reading We are never alone
Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school. “Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge, and all … Continue reading The story cannot be changed
J. Mark Fox 