Sanctification & Growth

Last October I received a copy of the Auca (now known as Waorani) translation of the New Testament. The orthography has been greatly...

“I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry” (Ps 40:1, NIV). The tests of...

Shortly before my daughter Valerie, my only child, went off to college as a freshman, a “sudden tide” came over...

When my brother Dave was very small, we spent a week at the seaside in Belmar, New Jersey.  In vain...

Emily, wife of America's first foreign missionary, Adoniram Judson, wrote home from Moulmein, Burma, in January 1847: "This taking care of...

A young woman came in great perplexity to a Scottish preacher, asking how she could resolve the question of her...

Full moon on a silver sea.  Shadows throwing into sharp relief the luminous rocks.  I sat in the antique rocking...

While a new year offers us a fresh start, it can also bring anxiety.  Questions crowd into our minds.  Will...

“I am sporadic in my devotions” writes a Newsletter reader (who happens to be my daughter!), “though I am up...

Having a quiet time with the Lord every day is absolutely essential if you expect to grow spiritually.  But you have...