January 2014 A Heart Touching Account from an Orphanage After the former Soviet Union came apart during the critical years of 1989-1991, some Russian high officials began seriously re-evaluating their philosophy and policies based on Darwinism and Marxism, along with…
Category: Prayer Letters
Leaving a Legacy
May 2014 Leaving a Legacy I have a huge file folder of prayer needs that I keep near my chair and reading stand so I can cycle through those requests to pray for them periodically. This morning (May 3) was…
Where is the Humility Movement?
November 2013 Where Is the Humility Movement? Since October 31, 1517, the pages of church history have recorded the Reformation Movement, the Counter-Reformation Movement, the proliferation of denominations movement, the Restoration Movement, the Charismatic Movement, the Promise Keepers Movement, the…
What are We Celebrating at Halloween?
October 2013 What are We Celebrating at Halloween? It seems that Halloween is almost more important to Americans than Christmas, in recent years. It definitely gets more advertising than Thanksgiving. I wonder what the secular humanists are going to do…
More than Conquerors in Cultural Clashes
Pre-Publication Offer The cover for my new book was designed by Paul Sudhakar. Paul is a brilliant young man from South India, who was one of my students at the seminar on Christian Evidences, which I taught last spring at…
Spring Mission Trip Highlights
August 2013 Dear Prayer Partners, For my report this month I plan to go back to my journal to share a few more highlights from my spring mission trip. I’ll start with my entry for Sunday, March 17th, 5:30 a.m.:…
The Price of Freedom
The Price of Freedom On the 4th of July I heard a stimulating and challenging message by Michael Youssef on the radio, which sparked this prayer in my heart: O Lord, Our founding fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence…
Monstrous Problems – Awesome God!
June 2013 Monstrous Problems – Awesome God! That is the title of one of my favorite lessons, which is an overview of the book of Job and which shows how God used dinosaurs to demonstrate His awesome power and majesty…
Adventures in Travel
May 2013 Adventures in Travel I left home very early on March 15th, flew from Boise to Chicago, and had an overnight flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, where I experienced beautiful sunshine and springtime. The morning of March 16th…
March 2013
Prayer Requests 1. God has chosen to take Belva Swanson HOME, and her memorial (graduation) service is scheduled for March 10th at Turner Christian Church. Please pray for her husband, George and family and friends. We miss her! We have…