Mary Slessor and her family -------------------- (...continued) Life was very difficult up country— especially during the first months, as entries in her diary indicate: "In the forenoon I…
"In measuring the woman's power, you have evidently forgotten to take into account the power of the woman's God. I shall go on." --Mary Slessor (1848-1915) --------------- The…
--------------------------- In 1773, English poet and hymn-writer William Cowper experienced a nervous breakdown. He struggled with mental illness and despondency all his life, and now his mind was…
(...continued) Now, back to Steve Jobs. Jobs gave Buddhism credit for helping him focus his life and simplify his approach to technology, two of the things that led…
Steve Jobs (1955-2011) --------------- Steve Jobs was truly one of the greatest geniuses the world has ever known. He has been called the Henry Ford of our time.…
------------------------------------- (...continued) Europe today has total religious freedom, but very little religious conviction anymore. Muslim nations have strong religious convictions, but very little sense of religious freedom. The…
(...continued) As the government of this new nation was being formed, there was much talk about the three legs of a golden triangle, like three legs of…
In Galatians 5:1 the Apostle Paul says, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened…
-------------------------------------------- It is you alone who are to be feared. Who can stand before you when you are angry? From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet, when…
The 1998 movie Saving Private Ryan begins with an old man walking through a military cemetery. It is the American cemetery at Normandy in France where the thousands…