Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1st Timothy 6:12 NIV On a remote mountain road, some friends found it blocked by a dozen teenagers and their cars. One of the... Continue Reading →
Appointed for Salvation
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1st Thessalonians 5:9 NIV It was a small aircraft. The pilots needed to fly over a Northwest African country. They did not have enough fuel to fly around it. But that country was in a civil... Continue Reading →
Into the Kingdom
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, Colossians 1:13 NIV They crossed over the border just before it closed one night. In the morning they left the security of the motel and set out into a war-torn African country. They... Continue Reading →
God Of Peace
The God of peace be with you all. Amen. Romans 15:33 NIV We talk of peace these days but we have no idea what it is that we are talking about. We use it to describe a situation without hostility between two countries while we all know that much suspicion and precautionary action are still... Continue Reading →
Others Will Not Take Kindly
For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip´s wife, whom he had married. Mark 6:17 (TNIV) We can call ourselves Christian in the common worldly sense today. But that does not mean that in heaven... Continue Reading →
