The news that Chuck Colson died today brought to mind a visit to his office eleven years ago.It happened a few weeks after 9/11 when a team from Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL spent the night at Prison Fellowship headquarters in Virginia. The next morning we were given a tour of the facilities, including a brief visit to Chuck Colson&rsquo…
This morning we start a major ministry trip to New England. A year ago Marlene and I spoke at a one-day conference for pastors and wives in Brunswick, Maine. A few weeks later we were invited to return to New England for three conferences in Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont.You can find out all the details by going to Church Focus New England. Each …
I am pleased to announce the release of our newest free ebook. “Fire and Rain: The Wild-Hearted Faith of Elijah” is now available through the KBM Facebook page in Kindle, Nook, and PDF formats. The ebook is free to everyone who downloads it. If you have trouble accessing the Facebook page, you can also download it from the “Fire an…
I have some good news for those who have been following our new thrice-weekly China broadcasts. We now have free iPhone and Android apps that will download the broadcasts directly to your smartphone: Free KBM China Apps The apps automatically download each new Mandarin program. We expect these apps to be the primary way we reach younger listeners i…
The crowd below parted and I saw a man carrying a huge wood beam on his back. He walked slowly, and with great effort, as he struggled to keep his balance. Another man followed. He put his cross down, took out a whip and started beating his back. Bright red blood appeared on top of the lacerations he had from a previous whipping. I kept hoping he would stop because it looked so painful. But he didn’t.
Thank you!By the grace of God and through your prayers, the first Keep Believing China broadcast on Monday went without a hitch. By now the second broadcast has already taken place. And the 3rd broadcast begins in 20 hours. We intentionally started with a series on the Deeper Meaning of the Cross because we wanted a strong focus on the death of Chr…
The first Keep Believing China broadcast is now in the books. We have heard from friends in Florida, New York, Michigan, Texas, Oregon, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Montreal, South Korea, Nigeria, Tanzania, Alaska, Haiti, Chicago, Pontiac and New Lenox, IL who were praying with us. Here are few pictures we have received:…
62 hours. That’s how long (as of this writing) until our first China broadcast. This is the culmination of a long process that the Lord put it in motion nine years ago when Josh (our oldest son) went to China to teach English. One thing led to another and then to another, and in the sovereignty of God who knew about this all along, her…
This morning I give the final two lectures on the book of Galatians. I started this journey on Tuesday morning with 300 very eager students at Word of Life Bible Institute in Pottersville, New York. I’ve been teaching Galatians for ten years, and each time I face the same challenge. Even though Galatians is amazingly contemporary, I have sp…
The first Keep Believing broadcast to China begins in a little over three weeks. On Monday, March 26, at 7 PM in China, we will broadcast our first program from the Trans World Radio facilities on Guam. 7 PM in China equals 7 AM in New York, Atlanta, and Hudson, Florida.That’s 6 AM in Tupelo, Dallas, and Chicago. It’s 5 AM in Denver, Sa…