Learning to Lean
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” — Proverbs 3:5 “You’ll have to learn to LEAN, if you’re going to stay in this country,” Paul Lindell remarked to me on our second day in … (read more)
The Cost Of Sin
“On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves….” – Mark 11:15 When I read … (read more)
Making Friends
“Why have you come to Pakistan? Don’t you like your own country? Is it a bad country?” Afsary, Bibi and I were sitting on a rope bed in front of their small house talking about many things – how expensive … (read more)
He Hath Done This …
“Then they took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on his head and struck him with their hands. They mocked him and spit on him and at last Jesus had to … (read more)
Fellow Workers in the Truth
In 2012 we celebrate the 75th anniversary of our first missionary sending. Our newsletter has featured testimonies month-by-month throughout the year, ranging from our earliest years as a missionary community until today. This month we feature a pair of stories … (read more)
History’s Sovereign
One of the largest and most dynamic Christian communities in the world today is the Christian community in China. But it was not always so. One hundred years ago, Christians in China numbered less than two million, approximately 0.4% of … (read more)
Progress and Promise
From early childhood I had an interest in missions, not centered on any particular field, but was challenged by stories of need in different places. After I had graduated from college and had begun teaching, my interest was revived. I … (read more)
The Vision will Surely Come
Political calamity. Debilitating illness. Detour. Disappointment. It is one thing to have a vision for the thing to be done; it is quite another to accomplish it. We find detours along the way. Have you ever noticed? Detour and disappointment are … (read more)
“The Neglected Continent”
Latin America was famously “neglected” at the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference in 1910. But the continent was not entirely overlooked. In preparation for his presentations at Edinburgh, Samuel Zwemer asked a young Robert Speer to produce “a map of South … (read more)
Convinced That God Was Calling
Snow crunched under foot and crisp winter winds whipped rosy color into the cheeks as worshippers, bundled in warm winter clothing, hurried into the “Little Homelike Church” – Trinity Lutheran Church of Minnehaha Falls – the night of December 5, … (read more)