In the Bible we read of God's acts, but we don't often read of His thought process and rationale behind the acts. Being privy to th...

I took this photo while in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2007, on board a wind-powered sailing vessel [no engine--just sails] loaded with wooden...

On the basis of Gallup's World Poll , Jim Clifton, CEO of the company, concluded that what the whole world wants  is a  "good j...

There is a lot of data out there showing what people around the world are doing, but what the Gallup organization wanted to find out is wha...

Before I take my customary break from blogging, I have some great summer reading to recommend. First: Dr. Erik Strandness’s delightful ...

Jesus identified the two most important commandments: "Love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all ...

Today's guest post is from  Darrow Miller and Friends , written by Gary Brumbelow, reprinted by permission. Gary provides a fitting ca...

Noah Webster, in his Preface to the  Dictionary of 1828 , wrote: "In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one o...

Robert C. Winthrop (1809 - 1894), a descendant of John Winthrop, served as the 22nd Speaker of the United States House of Representativ...

Indian scholar  Vishal Mangalwadi  contends that the "secret" of the West's success is morality that allows people to trust ...

In Truth and Transformation , Vishal Mangalwadi relates an experience he had in Amsterdam, where he wanted to buy a bus day-pass from a m...

[This post first appeared on October 7, 2011.] My wife and I got out of town to go camping with our "special needs" adult son...

"The West is like a computer from which the anti-virus program, the gospel, has been uninstalled," writes Vishal Mangalwadi in Tr...

Hans Nielsen Hauge, the 19th Century Norwegian evangelist-entrepreneur who preached throughout Norway and started businesses, taught about ...

The 18th and 19th Century influence of Christianity upon the common good and human flourishing of modern nations is remarkable. No accounti...