German evangelist taking gospel to Pakistanis
Several open-air meetings held in Pakistan is September brought thousands to faith
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Change Me, O Lord!
My thoughts were racing as I headed for a ministers’ conference in Des Moines, Iowa, with my husband. I was continually crying out to God, “I need to change!”
I noticed the beautiful trees, with their leaves turning from green to gold and from orange to red. God spoke to my heart and said: “Just as these leaves are changing as part of my new season, so are you changing in a new season. But I, the Lord your God, determine the season.”
The wind blew, and the leaves fell to the ground. Although I could not yet see the new leaves that would come in spring, God was already announcing their coming.
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Little Things Mean a Lot
My husband, being relatively new in town, met with a local banker on a business call. As they sat across the desk from one another, getting acquainted, my husband felt an unusual lump near the cuff of his shirt sleeve.
Trying hard to continue with what he believed to be an impressive presentation, he finally could not ignore the bothersome lump any longer.
He tugged underneath the cuff with his fingers, and out came a lost sock that had apparently clung to his shirt through the laundry cycle.
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Honor Releases Godly Love
In his book The Singer, Calvin Miller says that love often stands quite close to hate: “Like silent chessmen, side by side. Only the color of the squares is different.” Unfortunately, it’s true. In one moment we can be loving and honoring, and in the next, hating and dishonoring. We all know that we’re commanded
8 Keys to Defeating Sexual Sin
When I agreed to write about sexual immorality in the body of Christ, I thought pulling the information together would be an easy task. As a pastor, counselor, speaker and public health educator, I often address this topic. But as I began to wrestle with the many perspectives from which I could approach the issue,
When You Lose Someone You Love
Every woman must come to realize that true happiness comes not from a relationship with a man but from an intimate relationship with God. It was 4:10 a.m., and the phone was ringing. I knew it was “the call.” A dispassionate female voice announced mechanically, “Mr. LeSourd expired shortly after 4 a.m. I’m very sorry.”
How to Reach the Rainbow Radicals
Ministry to the Rainbow People must be out-of-the-box and laced with servanthood. “Then the Hi-Ho’s and some of the shaman came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread without washing hands, they began to schwag them. For the Hi-Ho’s and all the hippies do not
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Extreme Faith
They call themselves 777 Skateboards. Their goal is unorthodox: to take the gospel to the thousands of teenagers who spend most of their lives on skateboard ramps. On this sun-drenched Southern California day, thousands of barely clad beachgoers stroll along the boardwalk, taking in the scene at fabled Venice Beach, southwest of Los Angeles. Kids
Fire in the Farmlands
In Pennsylvania’s Amish country, where religious traditions die hard, a wave of spiritual renewal has hit the younger generation.
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In Search of Cancer’s CURE
Cancer patients from around the world are looking to a Mexican doctor–Francisco Contreras–whose Christian hospital challenges conventional medical wisdom
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