In August 1997 when we were holding the International Festival of Jewish Music and Dance in Riga, I met a woman in her seventies. She told me she was an obstetrician and midwife. Along with thousands of others that evening, she had come to one of the largest...
For some years, Rev. Andrew Murray, Sr., longed and prayed for revival in South Africa. Every Friday night he spent several hours in prayer. The revivals of 1858 in the United States and 1859 in Northern Ireland were reported in the Dutch Reformed journals. A little...
We decided to spread the gospel in Communist countries. By what means? Only one is biblical. Paul writes that it was his purpose to save souls "by all means" (1 Cor 9:22). He who is choosy about the means of propagating the gospel is not biblical.While we respected...
The seeds of revival are always nurtured in the hearts of the humble. And so it was with the great Welsh Revival of 1904. It was in a young coal miner named Evan Roberts that God imparted a burning vision for spiritual revival. Evan Roberts did not possess the gifts...
"Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus." - 2 Timothy 2:3In December 1950, the North Korean Army was pushing south. Lieutenant Colonel Russell Blaisdell was an Air Force chaplain stationed in Seoul. As people in the city fled, the chaplain's...
A man who is physically weak – can he involve in God’s ministry. David Brainerd’s life history replies in the affirmative.David Brainerd was born on 20th April 1718 at Haddam in Connecticut, USA. His parents had nine children. But his father died when Brainerd was 9...
On April 9,1865, Lee met Grant in the parlor of a private home at Appomattox Court House. He surrendered his army and brought an end to four long years of death and devastation called the Civil War. In the same year a 36 year old Englishman by the name of William...