I am writing this from our hotel room in Seattle. We arrived here late last night after a longish day that started with me preaching my final message at the MEF conference in Colorado Springs. Later this morning we’ll board a cruise ship for an Alaskan cruise sponsored by Camp Forest Springs in northern Wisconsin. This starts the third l…
Last week I spoke at Cannon Beach Conference Center in Cannon Beach, Oregon. On Friday morning we had a question and answer session based on questions we had received from the audience. During the Q&A time Timothy Greenidge served as moderator. This turned out to be one of the best sessions of the week. Over the next several days I will…
Ken Berding of Talbot School of Theology has posted a blog entry called A Truly Rockin’ Prayer from Clement of Rome. It contains a prayer from a book called 1 Clement, written late in the first century from Clement, the Bishop of Rome, to the church at Corinth. This is one of the earliest Christian prayers outside the the New Testament. Note …
This morning we’re traveling from Tupelo to Cannon Beach, Oregon for a week of ministry at Cannon Beach Conference Center. If I counted right, this is my tenth time since 2006 to speak at a Cannon Beach event. I was first invited to speak there as part of Moody Week. Since then I’ve been back at least once every year.This time we’…
This evening Nik Wallenda will attempt to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls in an event televised by ABC. While he will be the first to attempt to walk directly across the precipice of the falls, he is not the first to walk a wire from one side to another. That honor belongs to someone else. From his story we learn the true nature of the faith …
I happened to hear the end of a sermon in which Erwin Lutzer addressed an important question: “How do you distinguish between the conviction of the Holy Spirit and the accusations of the devil concerning our sin?” Dr. Lutzer’s answer was short and to the point. The devil enjoys accusing us about things that God has already forgive…
Leaders from around the world met in Chicago May 20-21 for the NATO Summit hosted by President Obama. You probably saw pictures of the demonstrations that accompanied those meetings.This week we learned that An Anchor for the Soul was also part of the NATO Summit. Moody Publishers joined with CRU Global (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) to…
Here’s where we stand on our two major fundraising projects:China broadcasts: We have raised $177,990 toward the $300,000 goal.On March 26 we began a thrice-weekly radio broadcast into Mainland China in partnership with Trans World Radio. From the TWR transmitters on Guam, we can reach a potential audience of 878 million people. We also have …
Many of you know about Peter Wang, our “Keep Believing” man in China. Peter pastors a house church in China and has been instrumental in helping us there. On Friday he flew to the US for an extended visit, starting with a prayer time with our team in Chicago. …
Over the weekend I received a note from a pastor who serves in a distant land. He told me about a strange illness that has afflicted his daughter. For years his daughter was confined to a wheelchair. After sixteen operations she now walks only with difficulty and in much pain. To this point the doctors have offered no clear diagnosis.With that back…