Editorial – The Coming Storm The sun shone warm as I stepped outside on my way to teach a class. I considered driving, but opted to walk in the sunshine. Then, just before class let out, a sudden storm blew in. The wind howled and the rain fell in torrents as small branches crashed against the building. Without my car or even an umbrella, I regretted not making preparation! …
Hair Care, Health and a Heavenly Father Hair care leads to lessons on health and the gospel. Opportunities abound in the medical missionary work, though sometimes you have to be creative to harness them. Recently, the topic of natural hair care using collagen supplements has been opening doors for me here in Senegal. In this culture, women try everything to grow …
Retirement or Ministry? A busy retirement brings about baptisms behind bars. Have you ever heard a newly-retired person declare, “I’m busier now than I was before I retired”? I have, and after two years of retirement, I can tell you that my wife and I certainly feel busier! In 2008, several years before retirement, my ministry partner and I entered …
As I am writing, my family and I are traveling across this grand country of ours to set up our new home in the countryside of Pennsylvania. Right now, we are high up in the Colorado Rockies visiting with family. Looking out the windows I can see the barren and treeless peaks of the mountains. The clear blue skies and …
“The word comes to me in the night season to speak to the churches that know the truth: ‘Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.’ Isaiah 60:1. The words of the Lord in the fifty-fourth chapter of Isaiah are for us: ‘Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them …
John the beloved made a very intriguing statement in the last verse of his gospel. “And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.” John 21:25 Have you ever wondered what Jesus was doing …
From Imam to Adventist Perplexing texts in the Qur’an begin a Muslim teacher’s quest to know more about Jesus and the Sabbath. I wasn’t raised Muslim. I converted to Islam as a young man, because I believed Mohammad to be a prophet of God and my great redeemer. I would spend two hours per day studying the Qur’an, learning all …
