Pastor D.T. Niles once wrote about a member of his congregation whom he met on the street one day. She had been active for many years but had recently drifted away. She was suffering several personal and family problems. Evidently, it was a challenging time in her life. She told Niles that God had become distant to her, that she had lost any sense of closeness to Him, and that her faith did not se...

A story tells of a man who came to visit his old friend, a music teacher. As the man came in, he asked, "What's the good news today?" The old teacher was silent for a moment, but then he stood up and walked across the room. He picked up a small hammer and struck a tuning fork. As the note sounded throughout the room, he said, "That is the sound of an A. It is an A today; it was an A five thousand ...