There is a cost in following Christ, and like his Swiss-German predecessors, Amish-born Steve Lapp has undergone persecution and slander for his willingness to serve the Lord wholeheartedly. Excommunicated from […]
“Human nature doesn’t change,” my 96 year-old grandfather said once when I asked him if people weren’t just a whole lot nicer when he was young. I realize now that […]
“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare” (Jeremiah […]
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, […]
“By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted” (Proverbs 11:11). Seven years ago today, we settled on the house in which we’re currently living. The house is located […]
What happens when a burned out minister decides to seek simple intimacy with God? The miraculous, the impossible, and the outright thrilling. The Secret Place is a book that so […]
I am always delighted to pray for those in need of it, whether people I know or total strangers. I wince a bit, however, when people say, “Yeah, I asked […]
Matthew 4:17 says “From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (NASB). I used to think that that passage meant something along […]
“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25). […]
Mina Nevisa was born into a family of Islamic fundamentalists in Iran. Her life was translated from the ordinary to the extraordinary with a dramatic supernatural encounter with Jesus Christ. […]
Wilson stood up and spoke to the congregation. “I want to tell you what the Lord showed me while we were praying,” he said. Wilson then related the vision he […]