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Spurgeon's Divine Co-Laborer

Spurgeon often worked 18 hours a day. Famous explorer and missionary David Livingstone once asked him, "How do you manage to do two men's work ...


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Divine Partnership

Arthur Gossip, a hard-bitten pastor in a slum church in Glasgow, tells of how, at the end of a long day of visiting his parishioners, he arrived late ...


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Youth Pastor's Vows

At the youth pastor's wedding: "... in sickness and in health, in youth whitewater rafting trips and in mosquito-infested backpacking, in weeknight ...


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Millennium Anxiety

Frantic man on the phone: "My wife just left me, I lost my job, I need surgery, and my spirits have hit bottom! Pastor, you've gotta help me. ...


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Missions, for Heaven's Sake

Having lived in South America as missionaries, my family and I realized that moving to another jungle location meant a lot of work. We knew the discomforts ...


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Where I Want to Die

I've heard pastors say, "I want to die in the pulpit." Well, as for me, I want to die in bed. I don't think it's any gift to the ...


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Highest Service Begins with Death

When our son Sandy died at the age of 21, a missionary who had overseen his work as a summer missionary in France wrote us a letter, and he said, "I ...


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The Holy Spirit: Missing

In many Christian circles the Holy Spirit is either neglected, forgotten, or misunderstood. The One given to unite the body of Christ is the center of ...


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Preaching through Prison Bars

Frederick Martin (1704-1750) established the ministry on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John. One secret of the success of this native of Upper Silesia ...


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Truly Caring for People

To truly care for people requires not caring too much about their approval or disapproval.


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