Many of you will recognize this as the first words uttered by American journalist, Henry Morton Stanley when he encountered pioneer missionary and explorer David Livingstone in the interior of Africa. Livingstone effectively cut the lifeline of the slave trade … Continue reading
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(Or, witnessing all the way to the bottom of Mexico and back) March 7, 2009Left home for Port Arthur, Texas. Preached Sunday AM on Rom. 1:16-17. Sun. thru Wed. helped assemble Luke/Acts booklets in Spanish. Wed., 10:00 PM left for … Continue reading
(Part IV in a four-part series on depression) I heard recently that the FDA has approved a new depressant (not "anti") for those who are incessantly, annoyingly cheerful. It has been tested successfully on hundreds of real estate agents and … Continue reading
Have you ever had the sensation that you were drowning? Do you actually have to work at just breathing? Is it physical or emotional? If your answer is ‘Yes, both,’ perhaps you are intimately acquainted with depression. You can’t really … Continue reading
The Bible speaks of the body, soul and spirit of man. Some say “soul” and “spirit” are interchangeable, simply two different ways of saying the same thing. Others believe the spirit is that aspect of human nature that relates to … Continue reading
Permit me to do something for you. I want to write something (2 or 3 articles) that may be of personal benefit to some of you. It’s been called the common cold of the soul—DEPRESSION. It is the most common … Continue reading
(Oct-Nov ’08) Almost the first thing I said to Eufemio Bonafaz Lopez, after six hours in the air and/or airports and three hours up a winding road to Simojovel, Chiapas, was, “My Spanish is limited. One day I hope to … Continue reading
While you are home electing our next President (I’ve already voted), I’ll be in the southernmost part of Mexico. This is my first trip to the state of Chiapas. It’s been on my heart to go there for a long, … Continue reading
Dear friends and family: I’ve been out of the country and out of touch off and on for most of July and part of August. Contrary to popular belief, I wasn’t eaten by cannibals! (Although I have eaten some unidentifiable … Continue reading
There are nine verses in Psalm 119 that have the phrase, “Revive me.” I’m working on memorizing them just for the nourishment of my own soul. Do you do that? Sometimes I get away from Scripture memory, but I always … Continue reading