“A strange light” was Winston Churchill’s description of the crisis unfolding after Austria-Hungary issued its ultimatum to Serbia on July 23, 1914. Foreign Secretary Edward Grey completed the optical analogy on August 3, prophesying that the “lamps are going out” across Europe and would not be “lit again in our lifetime.” The next day, Britain and Germany were at war....

　　Kenny Wallace doesnt have a lot of people to talk to in Choctaw. 　　But he does have a Bible app with a new translation of Scripture in the Indigenous language that his ancestors spoke. And it has an audio sync feature that allows him to listen to the words aloud, to hear how they sound. 　　Sometimes, thats the only Choctaw...

　　Count Up the Good 　　By Amanda Idleman 　　Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. – Psalm 103:2 　　Life can get heavy. We each start our days with a “patience tank,” and it seems that as the day goes on, that tank gets depleted down to empty. Sometimes, that tank can hit empty before seven am...

　　On September 6, 2018, the eve of Brazils Independence Day, a crowd of people was carrying Jair Bolsonaro through the streets of Juiz de Fora when a man approached and stabbed the then-presidential candidate in the abdomen. 　　Bolsonaro was rushed to the hospital; the knife had damaged his small intestine and a nearby vein, causing heavy internal bleeding. The injuries...

　　One of the first spiritual formation books written for Asian American Christians, released by InterVarsity Press in 1998, is entitled Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents. Even in its title, the book acknowledges how Asian Americans faith and discipleship are inextricably intertwined with family and culture. Questions of calling, mission, church community, and spiritual practices are often seen through the...

　　“There are no solutions,” Thomas Sowell says. “There are only trade offs.” When considering policy and legal problems, tradeoffs must often be understood in light of the challenge of filtering: correctly sorting people, actions, or events into categories. The filter can be too wide or too narrow, and both flaws have costs. 　　Prominent changes in American law and policy based...

　　“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the...

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　　BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY:“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” - Philippians 2:3-4 　　How to Live Out of the Goodness of God’s Grace 　　by Lynette Kittle 　　A few years back, I spent numerous hours...

　　Weekend, July 27, 2024 　　Holy Boldness 　　And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. (Hebrews 10:19 NLT) 　　In exile in the wilderness, King David prayed, “O Lord, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,...

　　The Truth of Sanctification 　　Weekly Overview: 　　We have a great High Priest who constantly intercedes on our behalf. The Son of God and Man loves you more deeply than you can fathom. He prays for you, that you might walk in the abundant life his death affords you. And in John 17 we get a glimpse into the fullness of...

　　Anyone wanting to bring together the more than 100 million Chinese-speaking Christians around the world must deal with the thorny issue of the church in China. There, Christians are split between unregistered house churches and the government-sanctioned Three-Self church. Additionally, heated differences in political views make it difficult for the global Chinese-speaking church to unify. 　　Nevertheless, global evangelical leaders want...