True Stories of Faith

Read reflections offering guidance on everyday Christian living.

William J. Seymour, the Black Holiness preacher who led the 1906 Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles after being locked out of his first Los Angeles pulpit.

The Man Nobody Wanted: William Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival

06/01/2026
In 1906, William Seymour stepped off a train in Los Angeles with a Bible,...
Christian Living / Devotional / Faith / Revival
Sun rising over a sweeping mountain ridge — Where Heaven Came Down

Where Heaven Came Down: Week of May 30, 2026

05/30/2026
Friend, heaven is moving. You may not see it on the evening news, but...
Devotional / Where Heaven Came Down
Sunlight breaking through clouds — a visual of grace defined, the smile of God breaking into our lives.

What is Grace, Really?

05/30/2026
The candle flickered in the captain's cabin of the Greyhound. The ship was limping...
Devotional / Grace / Salvation
Newborn infant cradled in a parent's hands, illustrating rachamim — the Hebrew word for womb-deep compassion in Isaiah 49

Rachamim: The Hebrew Word That Reveals the Deep Compassion of God

05/28/2026
On a Sunday evening in May 2011, Grace Aquino was at her Baptist church...
Bible Study / Christian Living / Devotional / Knowing God
Hebrides Revival 1949 — a Scottish coastal village in the Hebrides, the setting where two elderly sisters on the Isle of Lewis prayed Isaiah 44:3 and sparked one of the great revivals of the 20th century.

The Prayer That Sparked a Revival: Lessons from the Hebrides, 1949

05/27/2026
Stone walls. A peat fire. Two old sisters on their knees on a cold...
Devotional / For Pastors / Portraits of Faith / Prayer / Revival
Sunlit mountains rising under an open sky on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

How Can I Hear God’s Voice?

05/26/2026
Elijah crawled into the cave on Mount Horeb the way a wounded animal crawls...
Devotional / Knowing God / Spiritual Growth
What does the Bible say about anxiety? A pastor’s answer rooted in Philippians 4 and Matthew 6

What Does the Bible Really Say About Anxiety?

05/25/2026
She set the phone down at 3:14 a.m. The blue light still hovered on...
Christian Living / Devotional / Encouragement / Faith
A word for the weary pastor — 1 Kings 19, Elijah under the juniper tree

The Sunday After: Encouragement for the Weary Pastor (1 Kings 19)

05/24/2026
The candle had burned to a stub in the parsonage at Newington. Charles Haddon...
Devotional / Encouragement / For Pastors
The Men We Were Meant To Be

The Men We Were Meant To Be

05/22/2026
I love the song Made for More. It reminds me of my passion for...
Character / Devotional / Marriage and Family
What Does the Bible Say About Marriage?

What Does the Bible Say About Marriage?

05/22/2026
I don't know how many times I have preached Ephesians 5, or how many...
Christian Living / Marriage and Family