Austin Gutwein asked a very simple question:  If you could stop the next kid from becoming an orphan by doing something as simple as shoot a free throw, would you?

 

Austin Gutwein is the Arizona preteen who has started a national phenomenon with Hoops of Hope, an initiative begun in partnership with World Vision. Just twelve years old at the time, Austin mixed his passion for basketball with his desire to h...

Have you heard this story? It’s been told by Christian speakers as far back as 1955 when Billy Graham told a variation of it early in his ministry. Two men are standing in front of a painting called Checkmate in an art gallery. In the painting, a man is playing chess with the devil. The devil is grinning ear-to-ear because he has the man cornered. The title of the painting, Checkmate, indicates that the game is over. The ...