Soothing Poison
Author: Daryl Wingerd

Near my home in the heart of America, outside a quaint church building where Christianity is supposedly represented, stands a sign that says, "None Need Saving; No, Not One." This all-too-obvious play on Romans 3:10—"There is none righteous, no, not one"—boldly rejects the plain truth of the Bible and conveys instead what many religious post-moderns believe to be God's real message to mankind: "I'm anxious to have you all in heaven with me, and I'm perfectly happy with you just the way you are. "

Sucked In: A Lesson from Demas about the Dangerous Side of Love
Author: Daryl Wingerd

At the center of the swirling mass of stars known as the Milky Way galaxy exists a phenomenon known as a black hole. This cosmic garbage disposal has a gravitational pull so strong that stars, planets, asteroids, and even space itself cannot escape. What happens to the object that is sucked into this monster defies imagination: its mass is compressed by the forces of gravity to such extreme density that it disappears almost completely.

Suffering Evangelism
Author: Steve Burchett

Doug Nichols is the Founder and International Director Emeritus of Action International Ministries. While serving as a missionary in India in 1967, he contracted tuberculosis.He was treated in a sanatorium in India, and while there he tried passing out copies of the gospel of John to the other patients. It was rejected by everybody.

Sweeter Than Honey: A Lesson From Pooh
Author: Daryl Wingerd

Just as Pooh found his appetite for honey when he found himself in the middle of a pool of honey, we will likely find our appetite for Scripture when we find ourselves in the middle of Scripture.

The Binding of Satan as Seen in the Birth (and Survival) of Jesus
Author: Daryl Wingerd

Jesus once said, "No one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man" (Mark 3:27). The "strong man" Jesus was alluding to was Satan, and his house was this world—Satan's realm of influence and power. 

The Importance of Fearing the God You Love
Author: Daryl Wingerd

Aside from atheists and people in false religions, most people would argue that God should be loved. Jesus went so far as to say that the obligation to love God is the foremost commandment in Scripture (see Mark 12:29-30). What is not universally agreed upon is whether or not God should be feared.

The Most Important Thing
Author: Jim Elliff

When wars have ceased, international leaders have become dust and the poverty of their souls is revealed; when enterprises crumble and the last dream has evaporated; when death has claimed the final person, and those alive are changed for their eternal future; when everything earthly and mundane is over, and each person resides in heaven or hell—what will be important? And what among all that is important will be the most important?

The Reluctant Mother: Amy Carmichael
Author: Susan Verstraete

We can't always identify life-changing moments as they occur. When a little Indian girl named Preena crawled into Amy Carmichael's lap and called her "Amma" (or "mother" in Tamil) for the first time, neither of them could have known that this simple act would change both their lives forever, and the lives of hundreds of others.

The Unrepenting Repenter
Author: Jim Elliff

The believer in Christ is a lifelong repenter.  He begins with repentance and continues in repentance (Rom. 8:12-13).

The Whisperer, The KJVer, and Other Types of Group Prayer Participants You Don’t Want to Be
Author: Steve Burchett

My first opportunity to pray in a group came when some of my fellow students and I were standing in a circle, holding hands. The leader told us we could either pray or squeeze the hand of the person next to us. I was a squeezer that day. Since then, I have enjoyed praying and hearing others pray hundreds of times in both planned and impromptu settings. However, I have learned through my mistakes and the conduct of others that there are certain types of group prayer participants none of us should want to be: