As we have travelled, preached, taught, and held conferences especially in the U.S. and several African countries, it has become obvious that the only thing we have to offer people is Jesus. We may be able to fund some special projects, but funds are limited and most of what we could do other agencies and …
Category Archives: Devotion
On Avoiding Default, Fighting Terror and Following Jesus
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life … “ (John 14:6). Christ followers claim to believe it, or him. In the current climate of tolerance and political correctness followers of Jesus will respectfully but firmly insist that Jesus’ way is the way like no other, that doing it Jesus’ way gets …
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WHY I NEED LENT
We have just entered the season made sacred by Jesus’ urgent invitation: “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). I confess my need of Lent—that time of the year when the mind’s eye and the heart’s ear give acute attention …
TEN REASONS TO BE THANKFUL
As this Thanksgiving Weekend winds down, here are ten grounds for thankfulness: The environment of grace–from the Triune God–that surrounds me, preceding, succeeding, super-ceding, meta-ceding (not a real word, but I think it communicates), grace that awakens, convicts, converts, corrects, transforms, heals, overcomes again and again and again. A baby boy to be born next …