After growing up on the south side of Chicago, Jeff Allen pursued a career in comedy. He took his show on the road working nightclubs and casinos, but it wasn’t …
Influence
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Abraham Kuyper on Christ’s Domain
“There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign, does not cry ‘Mine!’”
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The Greatness of Christianity
During an international summit, an unnamed Chinese diplomat told American journalist, David Aikman, what his Asian nation discovered about the West’s greatness: “One of the things we were asked to …
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A Monopoly on Dwight L. Moody
In the nineteenth century, a group of pastors were organizing a citywide evangelistic campaign. As they discussed who they should invite to preach, the name of the noted evangelist D. …
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W. E. H. Lecky on Jesus Christ
“The character of Jesus has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive in its practice, and has exerted so deep an influence, that it may …
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Napoleon on Jesus Christ
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and …
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“The purpose of life is to live fully, not long.”
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Satan’s Persuasion
You don’t think the Devil can talk you into Hell? He talked angels out of Heaven!
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Austin enjoyed the time he spent with his grandfather, a tough old cowboy everyone knew as “Curly.” The hardened rancher showed his grandson how to ride, shoot, and mend fences. …
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Prone to Wander
One Sunday when he was a young man, Robert Robinson and some buddies went to church…but only to make fun of the Christians gathered in worship. However, the preacher that …