Samuel is my translator in Indonesia this week. He had been abandoned by his father and was a Buddhist at age 15, searching for God. Jesus appeared to Him one day. The Lord told him of His great love for him and he came to Christ. A few years later he was in a Christian [...]
About two weeks ago I was in India, a country of 1.2 billion people made up of 80 percent Hindus and 15 percent Muslims. Today I am in Malaysia where more than 60 percent of the population is Muslim. Next week I plan to be in Indonesia, the largest populated Muslim country in the world [...]
When I received Jesus Christ as my Lord at age 18, I was hungry to receive training from those who had been walking with God for years before me. I took in every local church Bible School and Training School I could find. I devoured teaching from Christian leaders who had paved the way before [...]
I am spending a few days this week in the mountains taking in God’s amazing creation. Our universe and everything in it has order and design. Its complexity and beauty suggest an intelligent creator behind it. God intended for the beauty of the universe to point to Him (Psalms 19:1). In Romans 1:20, the apostle [...]
I spent the past week in three cities in India including Mysore, Bangalore and Kakinada. This nation of more than 1.2 billion people is set to become the largest populated nation in the world, bypassing China, by 2025. It is a highly religious nation with 80% Hindus, 15% Muslims, and 4% Christians. I met so [...]
When our children were young, they sometimes stood at the top of the stairs in our house and begged, “Daddy, catch me!” They were absolutely confident that I would catch them when they leapt into my arms. They did not simply believe in my existence, but completely trusted me. Many people today claim to believe [...]
While driving, a friend was listening to a Christian speaker on the radio. The speaker said, “Someone is driving on the road right now, and you need to turn your life over to God.” My friend was convicted of his sin. “That’s me!” he said. He pulled his car off to the side of the [...]
Words are like dynamite. They can either be used powerfully for good or used powerfully for evil. Colossians 4:6 says, “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” How can we speak with grace, seasoned with salt? When I was growing up, I [...]
I have a friend who had been strung out on drugs but gave his life to Christ. Several years later I asked him, “Why do you think your life turned around so dramatically and you never wavered?” He didn’t hesitate, “It’s because I totally surrendered control of my life to Christ.” Although large crowds were [...]
A young lady in Philadelphia was enslaved in prostitution and drug abuse for years. When she surrendered her life to Jesus, she started wearing a cross-shaped earring to remind herself she was now a bondslave to Jesus, no longer in slavery to sin. Publicly carrying a cross in biblical days was the brand of a [...]