India is a unique country. It is known as the birthplace of many modern world religions. Its main religion, Hinduism, is followed by 81 percent of India’s 1.3 billion people and is more than 5,000 years old. Islam is the second largest religious group in India, totaling 11 percent of the Indian population. In terms […]
This issue of The Lookout focuses on trusting Jesus: for protection (the disciples in a storm at sea), for healing (a woman cured of a blood disorder), for salvation (nothing is more valuable than the soul), and for endurance (perseverance in suffering). We’re not guaranteed we won’t have trouble in this world, but we can […]
MONDAY Reading for Today:Mark 7:24-371 Corinthians 12:14-31Psalm 89:1-18 Judges 16 Judges 16 Samson put his trust in a woman who wasn’t trustworthy. Have you ever done something similar? Have you ever trusted someone you shouldn’t have? Most of us probably have at some point or another. Delilah used her looks and her words to deceive […]
It was early, and the alarm’s chirp was much too cheery. Shuffling down the stairs, I turned on the overhead light which immediately dispelled the shadows in the room but not my mind. Sitting on the sofa, I flipped my Bible open to Acts 16. Paul was on his second missionary journey. He had endured […]
I have been blessed to serve 40 years in ministry, but I almost never got started. I was a shy church kid who was terrified to walk onto a stage with my Sunday school classmates and speak my name into a microphone. (No kidding; just my name!) My terror at speaking in front of people […]
