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One of the most dramatic scenes in Scripture is when the Lord Jesus, after his resurrection, stretches out his hands to Thomas and challenges him to touch his wounds—and thus believe. Jesus could have left Thomas to stew in his doubts...

The Voyager II spacecraft sent back to Earth photos that were taken from four billion miles away. At that distance Earth appeared as a tiny dot on the photo, less than one seventy-secondth of an inch wide. And that’s...

Young Steven looked up from watching the Olympics on TV. “I’d rather have a silver medal, I think.” “Why?” “’Cause it looks better, shinier. Gold looks like...

A number of years ago Ken and I attended Corrie ten Boom’s funeral. It was a simple service, brief, not many flowers, very European. But, oh, how challenged we were when we left the church that day...

At present, abstract things like truth and goodness have no substance. Oh, we see these qualities manifested in others, but they are not concrete in themselves. In heaven, though, purity and goodness, righteousness...

I travel often, so I see lots of families with small kids in airport waiting areas. Such places, it seems, are most convenient for a kid to throw a tantrum or two. Tired from the trip, the child soon finds an excuse for a crisis...