How would you label the expression on the face of that Ugandan boy? When my granddaughter started up her new bubble-making machine, the fifty or so noisy Sunday School children stopped suddenly with their mouths open. They’d never seen bubbles and were afraid of them! After being shown that they […]
It’s that time of year. For some that might mean perpetual darkness. Or perpetual cold and snow. Or perpetual heat. In the Far North, it means perpetual rain. Of course up here we don’t flood. Or where we do, it’s little surprise and about as much drama. Not all of […]
The initial and primary motive drawing me to Christ was “fire insurance.” When the reality of hell and judgement sunk in, I quickly began taking Jesus seriously. If we are honest, this motivation is a driving factor in most of our conversion experiences. I call it the “Sinners in the […]
I enjoy personal and corporate prayer. I enjoy reading prayers in the Scriptures and the prayers of men and women who love God. I pray before meals and when I’m in the car. I try to follow the Biblical pattern of adoration, confession, and intercession. Something most unusual happened today. […]
Today’s post comes from my good friend Dan Roland. Dan is serving on pastoral staff in Colorado. Audrey (his wife) is an amazing musician and they have one energetic son. I have been reading “Shadow of the Almighty” about Jim Elliot and I have had to consider my relationship with […]
For some of us, it’s easier to talk with God spontaneously during the day: a request here, a thank-you there. To pray anywhere and anytime is an amazing blessing of knowing God. But momentary talks with God are not enough. Imagine a father who comes home and chats for a […]
In the 2006 National Church Life Survey, which surveyed 500,000 Australians from 22 denominations: 21 per cent claimed they read their Bibles daily. 14 per cent claimed they read it a few times a week. 24 per cent said they read the Bible occasionally. 18 per cent said they read […]
I recently read the story of Caleb from Joshua chapter 14. As far as biblical heroes go, I had always considered 85 year-old Caleb to be the hero of elderly believers. But we all can learn from this godly old man: The phrase, “wholly followed the Lord” is repeated three […]
Having recently finished the rigours of college life, he was enjoying the free time living with his parents allowed. Only the day before he had finished reading missionary David Brainerd’s journals and wrote “I have prayed for new words, explosive, direct, simple words.” Sixty years ago today, as he sat […]
Leviticus 17, 18 The place is important. There was to be no indiscriminate choice of where the sacrifice was to be slain. Only at the door of the tent of meeting could God accept the oblation. So today every act of faith which is acceptable is accomplished before Him who […]
