She Sang at the Airport
When were you last sung to in an airport? I was so treated after missing a flight from O’Hare Airport, Chicago, on November 18, 2006. But I must not get ahead of my story. For months I had been looking forward...
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A Ministry Fit for a King
What do a trumpet, hand puppets, and a U-Haul-type trailer have to do with evangelism? Well, for 40 years—involving children in more than ten states—that’s how my dad and mom pioneered a children’s ministry that touched thousands of lives. Many knew...
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What’s in a Name?
Whether by object lessons, rope tricks, street preaching with paint boards, or just meeting people where they're at—for example, talking with a farmer about the laws of harvest—the enthusiasm, boldness and creativity of the believers in sharing the good news...
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Sioux Falls Calls
When I consider my life as a Christian, all scripture has been important, but the Lord used a few passages in particular to effect significant change in my life. These verses are Romans 3:20; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; and John 17:3. Romans...
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Saved at the Brink
It has been more than thirty years since I gave my heart to the Lord Jesus in the summer of 1975. It all seems so long ago, and feels like another life. It was another life! I’m a different person...
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Grace at Work – A Lost Dollar is Found
My wife Linda and I live in the heart of East Texas, in the small town of Golden. The Lord has blessed us with six children. Our oldest son is married, and the other five still live at home. We...
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Reuben’s Story
Troy’s small hand wrapped around my finger as we entered the hospital room. The patient was gasping for breath. I guessed Reuben to be only about 40 years of age—and yet the doctors said he was dying of sclerosis of...
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My Conversion to God
Stories from the life of H.A. Ironside (Oct 14, 1876–Jan 15, 1951) From a very early age God began to speak to me through His Word. I doubt if I could go back to the first time when, to my recollection,...
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Valentine Burke
In 1880, D. L. Moody came to St. Louis, Missouri to conduct evangelistic meetings, the local newspaper, the Globe-Democrat, announced that it was going to print every word he said. Moody made up his mind that he “would weave in...
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