The Practical Side of Modesty
[caption id="attachment_2721" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Can you hear what she's saying?"][/caption] In another scientific confirmation of what you already knew or thought to be true, researchers at Indiana University found that men pay more attention to a female news anchor if she's dressed attractively, but remember less of what she said. So what does that say…
“You Gave John To God, Not To China”
John and Betty Stam were young American missionaries to China when Communist forces took over their town.  Tim Challies re-tells  the gripping story of what happened to John, Betty, and their infant daughter Helen, the testimony they bore, and the impact it had on the Chinese and Christians around the world.  The title above was…
From Slaver To Pastor
[caption id="attachment_2621" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="William Turner, The Slave Ship (1840)"][/caption] John Newton, the converted former slave trader who became pastor to English abolitionist William Wilberforce, has a supporting role in the film Amazing Grace -- besides, obviously, writing the theme song (in a sense).  His own story is just as fascinating, and even more dramatic,…