A friend told me this story. It seems that her daughter married a man who came from a very wealthy family. Although the young man was a believer, his parents were not. Over the years my friend and her husband did everything they could to share Christ with the other set of parents. The in-law was too busy with his work to consider the claims of …
I received an e-mail from a friend writing to another friend with a carbon copy sent to me. These words from a new Christian contain enormous spiritual insight:"When you said, ’Let Jesus fill you up with Joy,’ I re-read that line about 100 times. I would love that. I will do it. I say now ’Jesus, if joy is to …
I know several people who are contemplating job changes and major career moves. Given the shaky economy, making a move can be a scary thing to do. Sometimes it means moving to another part of the country; sometimes it means leaving a job with no certainty about a future paycheck. Since I’ve been in both situations myself, I know how unsettlin…
Let’s talk about evangelism for a moment. Sometimes Christians are afraid to share their faith because they feel totally inadequate to lead another person to Jesus Christ. They worry that they can’t answer questions, they fear they won’t say the right words, and when you get right down to it, they aren’t certain enough of t…
“My life as a heroin addict was going very bad."That’s the first sentence of a testimony from a prisoner in California. He wrote it for a prison ministry volunteer who gave it to the prison chaplain who sent it his regional director in Virginia who sent it to us. Here is his whole testimony: My life as a heroin addict was goi…
On Friday my son Mark and I had the unique privilege of eating lunch with Dr. Mark Bailey, president of Dallas Seminary. When he asked where we wanted to go, I suggested going to a sandwich shop. So instead of some fancy place, we ended up at Lenny’s Subs. In that most relaxed atmosphere, we laughed and talked and shared a lot of stories.When…
A few weeks before Knox was born last August, a well-meaning friend pulled me aside and said she wanted to ask an important question. “Have you and Marlene discussed what you want to be called once your grandchild is born?” She went on to say that this is an important issue because we could go by any names we liked, but once we made our …
Here’s a short video by David Powlison answering the question, “Does God get upset when we disobey?” I think he gives the right answer with the right emphasis. Very well done….
After the Keep Believing board meeting this morning, we took a trip to visit the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago. It’s actually a storage locker where we keep 100,000 copies of the new edition of An Anchor for the Soul. Ed Santiago works with Moody Publishers. He told us how glad Moody is to support the Anchor Book Project. We told him that with…
God never seems to be in a hurry in preparing an instrument. He submitted His Son to a thirty-year training, in obscurity, for a ministry of three years. He so ordered events that two-thirds of Moses’ life-span was spent in preparation. We are in a desperate hurry to get on with the job, and would like to eliminate some of the tra…