"When I was in elementary school, we started each day by standing, facing the American flag, putting our hand over our heart and saying these words: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation...

What astounds me about the man in our text today is his absolute honesty before God. He admits what many of us feel but never confess, that he is wrestling with the clashing of his two concepts of God. He believes, generally, that God loves us, that God provides for...

"My child was born just the other day. He came into the world in the usual way. But there were planes to catch and bills to pay, he learned to walk while I was away. And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew he said, 'I'm gonna be like you dad, you know I'm...

At the height of the Vietnam War a young female war correspondent for the New York Times found herself in the deserted streets of Saigon in the wee hours of the morning. She heard bombers rumbling overhead, heard the distant thunder of explosions and saw flashes of...

Jesus is about to begin his life’s final journey toward Jerusalem. But his start is delayed by a young man who runs up to him and piously falls at his feet to ask, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Every word in this exchange is freighted with...