ODB: Obedience Is a Choice

Winters in the Netherlands seldom bring a lot of snow, but it can get cold enough to freeze over the canals.

ODB: Spiritual Fitness

Tre is a regular at the fitness center and it shows. His shoulders are wide, his muscles pronounced, and his upper arms close to the size of my thighs.

ODB: Delivering Help

When Heather’s job took her to Tim’s house to deliver his take-out meal, he asked her to help him untie the knot in the food bag.

ODB: Choosing Life

Nathan grew up in a Christ-believing household, but he started to stray from his childhood faith as a college student into things like drinking and partying.

ODB: Persist in Praying

Mila, a baking assistant, felt too helpless to defend herself when her supervisor accused her of pilfering some raisin bread.

ODB: Unmeasured Kindness

Two friends were shopping for a laptop in an electronics store when they ran into basketball great Shaquille O’Neal.

ODB: A Handful of Rice

The state of Mizoram in northeast India is slowly climbing out of poverty. Despite their lack of income, since the gospel first came to this area, believers in Jesus have practiced a local tradition called “handful of rice.”

ODB: Loving Our Enemy

During World War II, US Navy medical corpsman Lynne Weston went ashore with the marines as they stormed enemy-held islands. Inevitably, there were gruesome casualties.

ODB: God Sees You

When Krystal first started work at a Virginia coffee shop, she served a customer named Ibby. Because Ibby is hearing impaired, he placed his order using a typed note on his phone.