In this week's At the Movies feature, Song Sung Blue, Pastor Franklin gives us a powerful reminder that ordinary people can create something extraordinary when they embrace who they are and use what they've been given. Even in the midst of personal hardships, discouragement, and setbacks, they discover that their...

God doesn’t wait for perfect people with perfect lives before He uses them. In the true story of Mike and Claire, an ordinary couple barely making ends meet with part-time jobs in late-’90s Milwaukee, took a risk on something they loved. With only modest talent, they started a Neil Diamond...

If we obey this verse and offer our bodies as living sacrifices and say, “Here am I, send me!” (Isaiah 6:8), Scripture and the Holy Spirit will compel us to do things, by faith, that seem risky to our natural selves and our aspirations to avoid difficulty and trouble. The...

Have you ever been hurt? Has someone ever threatened to cause you or a family member harm? This week’s At The Movies story tells of a man who refused to be afraid to do the right thing. Children were perishing. Winter was coming, and the Nazis were out to get...

Today’s scripture reading is from the book of Matthew, which details the ministry of Jesus and His followers. Mercy is the core foundation of Jesus' ministry; when He saw the crowds, He felt compassion. One of the hardest life lessons we can learn is that true compassion is never passive....