In 2001 we began providing Prison Fellowship free copies of An Anchor for the Soul for distribution in prisons across America. We started this ministry through the Book Depot at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL and it continues today through the Keep Believing Book Depot in Chicago. Over the years we have received ov …
We have just posted a new version of an old sermon called Unworthy. I first preached this message 20+ years ago when I pastored in Garland, Texas. I preached it again in my early years in Oak Park, IL. I hadn’t thought about it in years until I had a conversation with a total stranger who stopped me more or less out o …
A handful of noteworthy articles and websites:Stumbling After JesusOver 100 Foreign Missionaries Expelled by Chinese Government Secret Campaign (Here is the AP version of the story plus an update from the CT Blog plus a response from ELIC)The Amazing Human HairChildren Get Holier Than ThouSermons by David WilkersonBible Stu …
We have just made a late addition to my schedule. This Sunday (July 15) I will be speaking at the Fountain of Life Church in Lombard, IL at 10 AM. We invite our friends in the Chicago area to come to the service. Rich Raad serves as the pastor of this dynamic, growing congregation.
Each week during the Gull Lake summer conference season, a different missionary organization shares its ministry. This week the missions focus is Life International, a relatively new organization in Grand Rapids, MI, that reaches out to what they call the largest and most unreached people group in the world—the unborn. The …
8:16 PM We made it to Kalamazoo only a few minutes late. A young man named Joel picked me up. He’s a senior counselor at Gull Lake and a 2007 graduate of Wheaton College. He told me that attendance is up at the conference center this summer. Here’s one immediate and obvious difference between Gull Lake and Camp …
Now that the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago is operational, we have started sending out shipments to the following ministries:Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago)Pontiac (IL) Bible ChurchThe Mailbox Club (Valdosta, GA)A church in Kansas City, MOA jail in Santa Rita, CAAnd there are othe requests pending.
Anthony Bollback has just posted the latest edition of China Clippings. Here’s an excerpt:University students in China are showing signs that they will be the next great wave of evangelism in China. In the last issue of CHINA CLIPPINGS it was reported that evangelism is leaping forward among China’s university s …
Today during an interview I was asked why so many of the heroes of the Bible had serious flaws. My answer was simple. That’s all God has to work with. All the perfect people are in heaven. The only ones on earth are the folks with serious weaknesses. The talent pool has always been pretty thin when it comes to moral p …
This morning’s service had a strong patriotic flavor. Several hundred people gathered under the tabernacle as we sang “My Country “Tis of Thee” and “America the Beautiful.” We also recognized those who had served in the Armed Forces and prayed for those currently serving around the world. After the service the adults …