Helping people deepen their relationship with God
We’re a few days away from Thanksgiving. Perhaps the turkey is in your freezer, and your pantry is stocked with ingredients for all the trimmings. Travel plans are being finalized, and some are already on their way. And while we … Read the rest
Aaand…we’re back! After a whirlwind transition from the United States to Kenya, Jennifer and I have come up for enough air to start writing again. Thank you for waiting patiently!
The whirlwind included getting our house and belongings ready, a … Read the rest
Perhaps it is because I had too much time on my hands the last few days being relegated to my room with a bad cold and a positive COVID test, or because I have been thinking about this every time … Read the rest
Do you ever feel helpless against all the forces at work in the world around us? Helpless to prevent our country from rapidly going down a moral and economic slide? Helpless to stop the increasing crime? Helpless against pandemics, epidemics, … Read the rest
Ever since God created this little orb called Earth amid a vast universe, He has maintained a sanctuary for Himself – something that would exhibit His spiritual glory in a three-dimensional, material world.
It started with a garden, where He … Read the rest
You often hear the expression “blind faith.” What is it? And is it even biblical to speak of doing something in blind faith?
According to the dictionary, blind faith refers to the “unquestionable belief in something, without proof or evidence” … Read the rest
So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, Â for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we … Read the rest
One of my favorite verses is Romans 15:13, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Aren’t joy and … Read the rest
We were all born into a material world. Everything around us is made up of things we can touch, see, smell, hear, and even taste. After our birth, we spend the first couple of decades of our lives getting to … Read the rest
Human beings have the innate capacity to have faith. We board a train in faith that it won’t derail and get us to our desired destination. We get into our car in faith that it won’t break down. We put … Read the rest
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).
There are two different kinds of faith that operate in a believer’s life. My wife and I recently had encounters with both. They … Read the rest
My wife’s and my faith are being tested like never before. What separates us from our calling to Kenya and the Eagles’ Wings ministry center is a $500,000 Jordan River. April is make-or-break or “cross-the-river-or-stay” month because the owners have … Read the rest
Richard Wurmbrand was a pastor who suffered lengthy imprisonment and unimaginable torture at the hands of the Romanian communist regime before he was ransomed by a Norwegian organization in 1964. He and his wife Sabrina eventually moved to the U.S. … Read the rest
Gotta get my two cents in at Christmas! Hope you don’t mind.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the paradox in the way we commemorate our Savior’s birth today. Most of us have forgotten that the nativity has been … Read the rest
Who doesn’t want peace in the midst of the turmoil we live in? Every glance at the news headlines promises more conflict, economic stress, and future volatility. Meanwhile, the fast pace of our digital society makes our lives more complex … Read the rest