Above:Â Moody (with beard) and the boys of the Chicago streets (1860’s). ———————- Â Â Â Dwight L. Moody (1837 – 1899) was the most influential evangelist of the nineteenth century. Â His work became the benchmark for all revivalists who followed him. Â He has been called the father of modern campaign evangelism. Â This pushy shoe salesman […]
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A blood-spattered poster of Jesus inside the Coptic Christian Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt, after a car exploded in front of the building in 2011, sparking clashes between Christians and Muslims.  (Ben Curtis,  Associated Press) ————————– This essay by David Pence appeared in the Minneapolis Tribune, July 19, 2015. Christian martyrs around the world are
832) Killing Christians Read More »
   Imagine getting through your busy day without arms or legs.  Picture your life without the ability to walk, care for your basic needs, or even embrace those you love.  Meet Nicholas Vujicic (pronounced VOO-yee-cheech).  Without any medical explanation or warning, Nick was born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, without arms and legs.  The Vujicic
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By David Neff, in the May 2015 issue of Christianity Today, page 30, “Preacher with a Paintbrush”    In 1973, after more than a dozen years of turning down invitations to preach in racially segregated South Africa, Billy Graham finally held the first large-scale, mixed-race public event in the nation’s history.  “Jesus was not
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 Above: Joseph Receives his Brothers, by Gustav Dore  (1832-1883) ——————    (…continued)  Sold by his brothers into slavery, Joseph is carried away to Egypt.  There, he spends many years as a slave, and then, in jail after being falsely accused of a crime.  He, of all people, could blame his misery on his childhood;
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Painting above: Joseph’s Coat Brought to Jacob, Giovanni de Ferrari, 1640 ********************************   My Grandfather’s Son is the autobiography of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.  Justice Thomas was raised by his grandparents, and his story reminded me of the Old Testament story of Joseph.  Both were raised by flawed, but powerful and good men.
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   Father Rick Frechette (1953- )(pictured above) is a Roman Catholic priest who has given his life to serving among the poorest of the poor in Haiti.  He has been there for over 30 years, and has loved his ministry with the Haitian people.  They have such miserable lives, he says, but are always
702) “May the Angels Lead You Far, Far From Here” Read More »
Mostly from John Stonestreet’s blog, February 10, 2015 at:  http://www.breakpoint.org    In Seoul, the capital of South Korea, hundreds of infants are abandoned on the streets every year.  The problem became so severe that one Korean pastor decided to take unprecedented action.    It’s a story that’s now the subject of an award-winning
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 From Our Journey Home, by Gary Bauer, 1992, pages 164-166.   Judy Squier by anyone’s definition would be considered a winner.  She has a happy marriage and is raising three well-adjusted children.  She is active in her church and in community affairs in her hometown in California.  Many people can boast of having these
671) “The World Needs Handicapped People” Read More »
 I am posting one more meditation on the amazing life of Louis Zamperini, told in the Laura Hillenbrand book Unbroken and portrayed in the recent movie by the same title.  This meditation, written by by Randy Alcorn for his blog at < http://www.epm.org >, tells a bit more of the story of how Zamperini’s spirit was
