By Brian Jennings A friend of ours is experiencing a family meltdown. It’s sad to watch. We feel frozen, unsure of what to do. We’ve encouraged her to seek professional help (her family is unwilling), but things have only eroded. Any other advice? Thanks for caring about your friend in a crisis. I’m sorry to […]
By Melissa Wuske Letters Help Imprisoned Christians While he was in prison in Kazakhstan for two years, Yuri Pak received more than 1,200 letters from supporters through Voice of the Martyrs. Pak was falsely convicted of calling in a bomb threat, most likely because he had converted to Christianity. Because of prison restrictions, Pak didn’t […]
By Melissa Wuske Churches Close in Baghdad Christians were once 10 percent of Iraq’s population, but since 2003 the population of Christians in the country has dropped by 1 million. “Now, in 2017, the Christian population in Iraq is just a fraction of what it used to be,” said International Christian Concern (ICC). “So much […]
By Dr. Mark Scott In this Thanksgiving month we continue our study of our covenant with God. This month we will study how God’s people did or did not keep the covenant, how God planned to initiate a new covenant, how Jesus is the mediator of that new covenant, and how communion reminds us of […]
By David Faust A thunderstorm led to a power outage, and a large section of our church building had no electrical current for three days. After working all weekend to correct the problem, a friend sent me a text message on Monday morning that said, “Full power and functionality restored to the whole church. Praise […]
