From the August 15, 2018 Open Doors daily devotional Standing Strong Through the Storm. —————————————– Perhaps the most difficult of Jesus’ commands is to love even our enemies. A true Christian always seeks another person’s highest good—even when mistreated. Brother Andrew says “The Christian’s only method of destroying his enemies is to ‘love’ them […]
1954) “The Next Time We Meet” Read More »
F. Kefa Sempangi (above) was pastor of the large Redeemed Church of Uganda. He tells this story in his 1979 book A Distant Grief. Easter Sunday 1973 was his first serious brush with death at the hands of Idi Amin’s goons. After an all-day worship service he went exhausted to the vestry to change clothes—
1872) “I’m a Dead Man” Read More »
Posted May 15, 2018 in the Standing Strong Through the Storm daily devotion at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org ———————————— Evangelism is an important function of the church everywhere. But in communist Vietnam, followers of Christ cannot openly share their faith. Those who do are often threatened or imprisoned. In response, Open Doors developed several programs to
1867) Evangelism and Church Growth in Vietnam Read More »
Vietnamese Christians worshiping (photo from Voice of the Martyrs) ———— From the May 10, 2018 Standing Strong Through the Storm devotion at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org One of the costs of following Jesus is the impact on our children. Our children need to understand that there will not be a victorious life in Christ without following
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From Black and Free, 1968, by Tom Skinner (1942-1994), as told by Ruth Tucker in Stories of Faith, 1989. ————————— Tom Skinner was raised in Harlem, the son of a preacher, and he grew up learning how to behave as a preacher’s kid. But while he outwardly conformed, he inwardly rebelled. By his own
William Franklin Graham, Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) ———————— By John Stonestreet and G. Shane Morris, http://www.breakpoint.org, February 22. 2018. Here’s a story that could be repeated by any one of a million Americans: “At age 45 I attended a Billy Graham Crusade in New York City and
1779) America’s Pastor Goes Home Read More »
From the Standing Strong Through the Storm devotional, posted January 26, 2018 at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org ——————————— Hebrews 13:3a — Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison… Matta Boush, an outspoken evangelist in South Sudan was arrested on political charges under questionable circumstances. He was given a sentence
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Posted November 30, 2017 at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org Eight men sat in a small dimly lit room in a rural Chinese village home. Seven were preachers and their eyes were glued to the Bible held by the eighth man. It was a leather-bound zippered Bible with gold-edged trim on the pages. The Western
1696) Amazing Church Growth Read More »
Above: Phil Robertson talks about duck calls and Jesus ——– By Phil Robertson in NKJV Duck Commander Faith and Family Bible. —————————- Years ago I was invited to give my duck call demonstration at a store in Iowa. A huge crowd of duck hunters gathered around me like bees on honey. They’d seen
By Phil Robertson in the NKJV Duck Commander Faith and Family Bible A few years back, the creek down the hill from my house froze over solid. I’d never seen a phenomenon like that in all my years. The temperature dropped low enough to make a snowman shiver. I figured anyone with a
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