Self image and self confidence are issues that everyone wrestles with, especially in a culture that puts great value on physical perfection. So how does Holly Strother respond? Born with spina bifida, she lives with an imperfect body. Yet thisRead more…
God’s Story of Disability: The Unfolding Plan from Genesis to Revelation
God has a story. From Genesis to Revelation, salvation history displays the plans of God’s heart, his mission. The story includes disabilities, because disabilities play pivotal roles in God’s mission to bring people to himself. Familiarly, his glory and ourRead more…
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Joni shares how April’s doctors, rather than recognizing the sanctity of life, gave a stark prognosis for her recovery after she became quadriplegic. I got off the phone last week with Barbara, a very distressed mother. Her 35-year-old daughter namedRead more…
Anchors of Hope for Any Trial
All of us have experienced trouble in our lives, and most of us have helped or tried to help others who were going through difficulties. When trouble comes—and it surely will—believers in Christ are to trust the perfect and completelyRead more…
A Fresh Call For US Missionaries
Ida Scudder was the granddaughter of the first medical missionary sent by the American church. John Scudder, her grandfather, went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1819, and later to India, as a missionary doctor. Ida was born in 1870Read more…
World Economic Crisis and The Last Days
Have you noticed how countries are financially linked like no other time in history? Are you aware of the calamities inherit to this linkage? The global financial challenge could be one more difficulty associated with the “last days” of TheRead more…
Scripture in Mission: Finding Hope and Peace in a Broken World
This video supports biblical literacy. It tells a story from Africa about surviving war and violence, and the impact of the Word of God on someone who was injured in war–the emphasis on how the gospel brings reconciliation. A secondRead more…
Oh Venerable Elders, can you Show us the Way?
Oh venerable elders, can you show us the way, to give us a future that does not end in dismay? Is Africa dark and deserving the name, do we still nod to the past, to the political game? Read more…
Bible Exposition: Video (Ephesians 2)
This video supports Biblical literacy. It tells a story from Africa about surviving war and violence and the impact of the Word of God on one person who was injured in war–the emphasis is on how the gospel brings reconciliation.Read more…
Bible Exposition: Video Ephesians 2
This video supports Biblical literacy. It tells a story from Africa about surviving war and violence and the impact of the Word of God on one person who was injured in war–the emphasis is on how the gospel brings reconciliation.Read more…