Aug252015
LEAVING A LEGACY
In winning the 2015 British Open at St Andrews, Scotland, PGA golf player Zach Johnson said this, “I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it seriously. I realize it’s just a game . ....Read more
Truth Matters
The latest devotional by Philip De Courcy
Aug182015
TALK TO ME
Some years ago at a social function in England, a renowned actor was asked to recite something for the pleasure of the assembled guests. He agreed and asked if there was anything special which his audience would like to hear. An...Read more
Aug092015
ITS MY PLEASURE
David Brainerd was a young man with a contagious love for God in a world without love for God. In the early eighteenth century he dedicated himself to missionary work among the Indians of New England. He is famous for the journal he...Read more
Jul282015
HEARING AIDS
President Roosevelt was once at a gala ball going through the inane routine of shaking hands, smiling endlessly, and trading empty words with the guests in line. Growing tired of it and being convinced that no one was paying attention anyway, he decided...Read more
Jul072015
NOT NOW BUT LATER
The missionary Henry C. Morrison was headed home to America by boat after forty years of faithful and fruitful service in Africa. Coincidentally, President Theodore Roosevelt was traveling on the same ship following a hunting expedition to Africa. Upon their arrival in New...Read more
Jun302015
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
In his book Born to Run, Christopher McDougall says this, “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up, it knows it must...Read more
Jun042015
AINT NO STOPPING US NOW
In these days of increasing secularism and decreasing Christian influence, especially in the West, it is good to remind ourselves that Christ’s church throughout history has repeatedly outlived her pallbearers. Christianity across the centuries has found itself in the crosshairs of political powers,...Read more
May272015
KEEPING THE RIGHT COMPANY
Those who know and love the game of baseball are familiar with the name Casey Stengel, one time manager of the New York Yankees. When Billy Martin took the reins of that franchise, Stengel had some interesting advice for him. He said, “Billy,...Read more
May132015
MONDAY MORNING WORSHIP
Dr. George Tiller was a committed and cynical abortionist who had a bloody hand in the butchering of over sixty thousand unborn children, most of them late term. In 2009 this murderer was killed himself when he was gunned down at, of all...Read more
May072015
DEAD MEN DO TELL TALES
Jim Elliot, the missionary who was brutally murdered by the Auca Indians on January 8th, 1956, did not pray for a long life but a full one. As it turned out, his life was not long, but it was full; full of love...Read more