IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME In the fullness of time God poured Himself into flesh and blood, visiting the earth as a man, walking among us— a King in disguise, the Creator among His creatures. While the Jews were waiting for a Messiah triumphantly riding on a white horse, who would deliver them from the […]

We are among the blessed to have had our paths cross with Cliff on several occasions. If you were to go to the www.BillyGraham.org website you would find thousands upon thousands of tributes from around the world to this very special humble, kind, gracious, caring, encouraging, friend and godly servant of the LORD. Of the […]

REMEMBERING BROTHER MANLEY God Has No Insignificant Children Someone has observed that it seems that God delights to use some folks that most people would consider least likely to succeed in order to “showcase” His wisdom and greatness. Such would have been and WAS the conclusion of many who knew the boy, Manley Beasley. For […]

“Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing to the Lord and bless His name: (Psalm 96:1-3). I will sing to the Lord as long as I live, I will praise my God while I have my being. I will bless the Lord with all of my heart […]

What do you do when the pastor has a hard time bringing a sermon in for a landing? Well, Elvina Hall, seated in the choir loft of the Monument Methodist Church in Baltimore, made use of such an occasion by writing the following hymn. Since she had no paper, she wrote the words on the […]

We recall watching on television, along with millions world-wide, as the Velvet Revolution came to a conclusion on December 29. 1989. Having previously ministered in Czechoslovakia when it was under Communist rule, little did we realize that within six weeks we would be witnessing what can only be explained as the sovereign hand of God […]

YOM KIPPUR Today is YOM KIPPUR on the Jewish calendar, a day of great significance to not only our Jewish friends for whom we need to pray, but for us, Christians, as this day points so clearly to the final sacrifice for sin made by our Savior, the Lord Jesus. HISTORY The history of Yom […]

I had arrived late that afternoon and had been driven directly from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to the headquarters of the Union of Evangelical Christians—Baptists of Russia (UECB). I was pleased when they told me I would be staying in Room #1, where I had previously stayed on several occasions. Though Room #1 was not much […]

It was the fall of 1954 and time for my father’s annual crusade in the Oberschule (high school) stadium in Schwenningen, located in the Black Forest region of Germany. Singing was becoming increasingly important to me and when dad asked me to be the crusade soloist I jumped at the opportunity. Before the 2nd World […]

Khristos Voskres! Voistinu Voskres! While we here in North America celebrated the resurrection of our Lord and Savior on March 27, according to our Gregorian calendar, our brothers and sisters across Russia and her neighboring countries celebrate Easter today—May 1, according to their Julian calendar. And together—along with the redeemed throughout the world and across […]