During my free moments this week, I’ve been reading Winston and Franklin, the gripping story of the wartime friendship between Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. The book reinforces the thought that politics is the art of leadership applied to human relationships. These two very different men forged a close fri …
Are you thinking about moving and wondering where you should go? Check out FindYourSpot.com. After taking an online quiz that asks whether you prefer a large city, a medium-sized community or a small town, along with many additional questions, you are given a list of locations that fit your preferences. Apparently it works …
Earlier today 50,000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul were delivered to our storage facility in Chicago. This means the Anchor Book Depot has officially been reopened. You can read more about it here. We plan to donate the books for the following four purposes:Prison MinistryMilitary MinistryDisaster ReliefMissionary Outrea …
Tonight I ate dinner with John Bouquet who is also teaching here at Word of Life this week. Because his church is located in an area with many Amish people, they support a ministry called Mission to Amish People. John said there are 60-70 former Amish who have come to Christ and now attend the church he pastors. Joe Keim wh …
Here are two follow-up quotes to my sermon Hold Lightly What You Value Greatly.”I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.” Corrie ten Boom (Thanks to Duane Follman)”I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands …
In preparing my first message on spiritual warfare, I ran across this prayer taken from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions by Arthur Bennett.O Lord,I bless thee that the issue of the battle between thyself and Satan has never been uncertain, and will end in victory.Calvary broke th …
I am writing this note from Word of Life Inn in Schroon Lake, New York, high in the Adirondack Mountains. I arrived here last night for the opening week of the summer camp season. This morning was picture postcard perfect—blue skies, emerald green forests, a few wispy clouds, light breeze, and calm water on the lake. It is …
We have just posted a new sermon on the website: Hold Lightly What You Value GreatlyHere’s an excerpt:The rich farmer did well in so many ways. He worked hard, he played by the rules, he spent his money wisely, he found good land, he worked it in the hot sun, he planted and he irrigated and when the harvest came in, h …
We are enjoying happy days in Tupelo because our entire family is together again for the first time since last July. Josh and Leah arrived on Tuesday, Mark flew in on Wednesday, I came home from Dallas yesterday morning and Nick drove over in the afternoon. Last night we ate pizza, looked at family pictures, laughed, told s …
Here’s the other side of the story in China. Compass Direct reports on house church leaders recently arrested.Government-sanctioned persecution of Christians has darkened the landscape of Xinjiang province in north-western China. Most recently, an estimated 30 house church leaders were arrested on April 19 in Aksu cit …