- Tue, Feb 18, 1986
- Missions, Suffering and Evil
A Story of Eternal Perspective
Back in 1921, a missionary couple named David and Svea Flood went with their two-year-old son from Sweden to the heart of Africa—to what was then called the Belgian Congo.
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- Fri, Jan 11, 1991
- Missions
To the Ends of the Earth
For years I’d thought Timbuktu was just a made-up name for “the ends of the earth.” When I found out it was a real place in Africa, I developed an inexplicable fascination for it. It was in 1986 on a fact-finding trip to West Africa for Mission Aviation Fellowship that this fascination became an irresistible urge. Timbuktu wasn’t on my itinerary, but I knew I had to go there. Once I arrived, however, I discovered I was in trouble.
- Mon, Mar 18, 1991
- Culture and Worldview, Missions
How Can We Help Churches in the Soviet Union?
Randy Alcorn traveled to the Soviet Union in 1991.
"The book of Acts." That's what kept going through my mind. I've never seen greater spiritual hunger and works of the Holy Spirit than in the Soviet Union these lasts few weeks. I got home yesterday and my mind is still spinning.
Lenin is the false God, the antichrist of Marxism. Note the biblical ring to this Russian saying: "Lenin was, and is, and evermore shall be." Lenin promised a thousand-year reign of communism, and the death of Christianity. It's been seventy years, and the people are sick ...
- Thu, Mar 18, 1993
- Culture and Worldview, Missions, Money and Giving
Helping the Poor and Homeless
A stubble-faced, leather-skinned vagrant approaches me and asks, “Can you spare some change?” It’s nothing new, but the last few years the faces have been getting younger, the requests more frequent and my responses less certain. A popular sign reads, “Will work for food.” Sometimes it’s true. Sometimes it isn’t. (Unless I have a job to offer, how can I know?)
- Wed, Jun 02, 1993
- Missions
Does It Pay to Visit Vermin?
“Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” (James 1:27)
- Mon, Nov 21, 1994
- Missions
Rise in AIDS Poses Ministry Challenge
Facilities forced to house two or three times their capacity can become lethal breeding grounds for infectious diseases such as AIDS and HIV-aggravated tuberculosis.
- Sun, Sep 01, 1996
- Missions, Persecuted Church
Martyrdom or Genocide?
The following article tells of the latest Somali Christian to die for his faith. The aim of his killers appears to be to eliminate all Somali believers if possible.
- Thu, Sep 12, 1996
- Missions
Dreams & Visions Move Muslims To Christ
The following is an excerpt from National & International Religion Report.
More and more Muslims are having dreams and visions of Christ, Christian ministries say. There is increasing evidence that the supernatural is playing a role in drawing Muslims to Christ.
Campus Crusade for Christ has received thousands of letters from Muslims, many of whom claim to have had a similar dream of Christ, according to the ministry’s radio broadcast office in northern Africa. In the dream, Jesus appears and tells people, “I am the way,” Campus Crusade founder and president Bill Bright said. Moved by the dreams, they contact ...
- Sat, Mar 08, 1997
- Culture and Worldview, Missions, Persecuted Church
Caste the First Stone
Life in the lower castes: Persecution of Christians in India, a pastor notes, has become common.
- Mon, Sep 01, 1997
- Missions
Community Banks: An Eternal Investment
If, with $50, you could start a business that would require no extra work on your part but would completely provide for a family in one of the poorest nations on earth, would you do it? Of course!
