Last time we discovered that Stephen had been falsely accused. An opportunity was given to him when the high priest asked him if these charges were true. He testified with vigor, not intimated at all. Everyone was listening in awe until he declared: "You stiff-necked...
Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.I was feeling sorry for myself the other day. It was the usual round of over worked, over worried, and over stretched. Of course I was the creator of...
Ephesians 3:20-21 - Now to Him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (NRSV)A close friend of mine...
Ever wondered, how an injury sustained in sport can be a badge of honor to a sportsman? Some years ago, I came across an interview with the ex-world boxing champion -Larry Holmes- published in a leading Sports Magazine in India (Sportstar). What caught my attention...
It all started out innocently enough. I was doing a routine search of the ministry websites, looking for a story that had been published a couple of years ago, and when the site search engines repeatedly crashed my web browser, I decided to look it up on Google....
I have a friend in Japan who provides resources to the underground church in China and often worships among them. One day I asked her, "How do Chinese Christians pray? Do their prayers differ from what you hear in the U.S. or Japan?" She replied that the prayers...
“Get that book out of here!”Gloria was stunned by her parents’ intense anger. How could a Bible be such a bad thing? When she brought home this gift she had received at school, she thought her parents would be pleased. Instead, they forbid her to read it and told her...