After Robert Schuler attended one of our Chicago home meetings for the new China partnership with Trans World Radio, he wrote me a note containing his “so that” pray for China:"I’ll be praying every day between now and 3/26 – that God would prepare the hearts of the Chinese people, that He would bring attention to the broadc…
A few years ago my friend Robert Schuler shared with me one of the most important insights on prayer I’ve ever heard. Over supper one night Robert told us how he prayed:"When I pray I always try to include the phrase ’so that.’ I heard a guest preacher mention that in a sermon several years ago, and I’ve been doing i…
It’s hard to think clearly about 50 million.It’s a number so big that we don’t really know what it means. Take one baby and ponder that child for a moment. Look at his eyes, his ears, reach out and touch his tiny fingers. Hold that baby in your arms and think what a miracle it is that even one baby should enter the world.&nbs…
Mark this date on your calendar: Monday, March 26, 2012. That’s the date of our first radio broadcast into mainland China. At 7 PM on March 26, from the studios of Trans World Radio on the island of Guam, we will begin our thrice-weekly broadcast to China. When it’s 7 PM in China, it’s 6 AM in Chicago (you can do the math for…
He’s faster than a speeding bullet.He’s more powerful than a locomotive.He can leap tall buildings in a single bound.But can he beat the New England Patriots?The experts say no, unanimously, loudly, repeatedly. And one supposes that they are right. The experts make their money being right most of the time. That’s why they are call…
This summer I’m going to be the speaker for an Alaskan cruise sponsored by Camp Forest Springs in Westboro, Wisconsin. We’ll depart from Seattle on Friday, June 29 and return to Seattle on Friday, July 6.We’ll visit Juneau, Skagway, the Tracy Arm Fjord, and Victoria, British Columbia. We’ll enjoy luxurious accommodations …
Lately Marlene and I have started a new adventure in daily Bible listening. That’s right. Daily Bible listening.For a long time if you wanted to listen to the Bible, you had to buy a big set of CDs or DVDs. With the advent of smartphone apps, you can now listen to the whole Bible, read alone or read dramatically with music in the background.&…
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24).Every man has a “cross” to bear. It is always “his cross,” a unique and very personal set of circumstances.Carrying that cross requires a personal decision, an initiative, an act of the will.What sort of man …
A few minutes ago I finished my final bike ride of 2011.My total for the year comes to 1625 miles, pushing my all-time miles ridden to 28449. Today I rode my usual route on the county road from Bissell Baptist Church over to the Natchez Trace. For the last two years they’ve been working on the extension that will bring Highway 6 all the way i…
As we come to the end of 2011, we are glad you are part of the Keep Believing family. It has been our pleasure to provide you with sermons, podcasts, videos, and other free biblical resources on the Keep Believing website.To put it simply, if we provide it ourselves, we give it away for free. That’s been our policy from the beginnin…