Image above:  A witch doctor. —————–          My friend Mark was a missionary for several years in the western African nation of Guinea-Bissau. He and his wife Cindy had an exciting ministry there. He tells the story of a woman named Maladu in one of the remote villages that he and his wife visited. Maladu […]
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   (…continued) Salee learned that Christians feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and we do so because our Lord Jesus has commanded it.  Sam Kinison wondered why the photographer didn’t just give the child a sandwich.  That is what Christians are always doing, all over the world, through international relief organizations and in
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   (…continued) I once knew a Cambodian refugee named Salee.  Salee was a young man when the communist dictator Pol Pot came to power in Cambodia in 1975.  Pol Pot was a ruthless tyrant, and over the next four years, two million Cambodians were dead as the result of his rule, many of them murdered
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   Steve Jobs was truly one of the greatest geniuses the world has ever known.  He has been called the Henry Ford of our time.  Not only was he a brilliant inventor and innovator, he was also an incredible businessman, marketer, and leader.  Along with a couple friends, he started the Apple Computer Company
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    The goal of The Timothy Initiative is to plant a Christian church in every village in the world. I like their vision, their plan, their staff, their resources, and their results. In his Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20), Jesus sends his followers out into all the world to proclaim the gospel and “make disciples of
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    Willie was a stuttering plodder.  The only job he could get was as a shoemaker’s apprentice. The only girl who would marry him was Dorothy, who suffered from mental illness. But everything changed for Willie when he read a runaway bestseller. Most who read Captain Cook’s journal were captivated by the exploits of a
3314) “I Can Plod” Read More »
Picture above: Peter Torjesen  (1892 – 1939) ———————————–    Peter Torjesen was born and raised in Norway. His father was a chimney sweep. Both his parents were devout Christians. They took Peter and his brothers to church every week, and read the Bible and prayed with them every day.    One evening in
3300) “Og Mit Liv” Read More »
    William Cameron Townsend “Cam” (1896-1982) graduated from high school in 1914. He went to college for a little while, but dropped out to become a Bible salesman. In 1917 his employer, the Los Angeles Bible House, sent him to sell Bibles in Guatemala. In his travels around Central and South America, he quickly learned
3275) A Crazy Gringo Read More »
Pictured above: Sugar plantations utilized some of the most brutal and deadly systems of enslaved labor in history. The unforgiving pace of the harvest of the sugar cane, and the dangerous mill work in the processing of the sugar, resulted in an average life expectancy of just 7 to 9 years for enslaved workers. ———————————–
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   There is not much to read in today’s meditation, but I am posting some amazing videos if you have the time to view them.    On January 8, 1956, five young American missionaries were speared to death by several members of a remote tribe in Ecuador. They were attempting to make contact
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