Success after Discouragement

"My heart is sunk…. It seemed to me I should never have any success among the Indians. My soul was weary of my life; I longed for death, beyond measure." ...

William Carey's Dream

Some people thought he was a nut. He was just a shoemaker, after all, and an average one at that. But in the evenings, after work, he studied Greek, Hebrew, ...

Christians Help Muslim Widow

Sheikha has no idea where or when she was born, though it was about 60 years ago. Her Bedouin family roamed across vast areas of the Middle East. Today, ...

Courageous Fishers of Men

The movie, The Perfect Storm, well described the dangers of the fishing industry through the eyes of the crew of the fishing boat, the Andrea Gail.

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He Did More in Retirement

J. Oswald Sanders was nearing his ninetieth birthday when he died, working on his last book. Before he was 50, he was afflicted with arthritis so badly ...

Jesus from Heaven to Earth

Author and pastor Leith Anderson writes:

Several years ago I was visiting Manila and was taken, of all places, to the Manila garbage dump and saw something ...

Scared Not to Witness

Ethiopian Negussie Tameru was a gun-wielding bandit at the age of 18. Eventually he killed someone and spent six years in prison. Once set free, he went ...

Mission Delayed

As a 15-year-old girl in 1927, Lois Secrist promised God she'd go overseas as a missionary, perhaps to Africa or India, helping the needy. But Lois ...

Power of Scripture

In More Jesus, Less Religion, Steve Arterburn writes:

Some time ago, I read about the work of a Wycliffe Bible translator in a remote village in Papua ...

Calvin and Missions

Geneva was not only a refuge to Protestant fugitives, but, under Calvin's influence and direction, it became the hub of a vast missionary enterprise. ...