Gospel for Brazil has a child sponsorship program called Seed of Hope in which folks can provide for the welfare of children living in extreme poverty in the interior of northeastern Brazil. One of the perks of the program is that the sponsor is able to send letters, cards and photos to their sponsored child […]
The Big Top
I don’t know why I’m astounded. God is big and diversified. That continuously astounds me. What I saw yesterday was simply one more proof of that. I told you we were going to see the tent/worship center of the Central Baptist Church (which isn’t a Baptist church and I don’t understand why they use the […]
Playing hide and seek with God
Ok, I’ll fess up… that crazy story in Exodus 33 yesterday has messed me up. [As an aside, have you noticed how often what I read in the Word messes me up? Sheesh!] What happened? Why didn’t Joshua leave? Why didn’t God leave? Why did Moses leave? What went down in that tent? Joshua is […]
Close Encounters
There is no such thing as coincidence. The world in which we move lies intermingled with another. I love the term Paul uses for that “other” – “the heavenly realms.” At the risk of being very simplistic, there is a veil between the two; we who live in this world typically are unable to sense […]
The fellowship of the mystery
Doesn’t this sound intriguing? To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in […]