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Have you ever heard of the intrepid missionary, Mary Slessor? The one who joined the Calabar Mission (Nigeria) in 1876, leading many of the the Ibibio people to the Lord and helping put an end to the common practice of infanticide of twins? Well, here is the story...

Everything accidentally came out of nothing. Chaos exploded into cosmos. After many millennia of civilization, now nobody knows what marriage is. Or gender. Or morality. Yes, it’s happening before our eyes: “They will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned...

One of the things about true love is that you seek to discover how the other person wants to be loved. We don’t have to guess with our Lord Jesus. The bread symbolizes how He drew near to us in His body. The blood symbolizes how we draw near to Him, by this “new and...

Through-the-Bible Thursday: HAGGAI (3.5 mins) — To understand the significance of Haggai's messages, it is necessary to recall the special circumstances of this remnant. Seventy years before their return, the prophet Jeremiah, who lived in the closing days of the...

To “carry coals to Newcastle” has been used since the 1500s to describe a useless endeavor, since Newcastle, England, was the largest exporter of coal in the British empire for centuries. But carrying five tons of coal in the dead of winter to the north shore of...

Are you the type to "bail out"? You might reply, "That depends. Bailing out of a plane or a boat?" Indeed! These are two different scenarios altogether! In one situation, we give up. In the other, we give it our all. The road of the believer isn't easy but this week's...

The wilderness wanderings were not the will of God. Those years were wasted through unbelief. Their destination was the grave, walking in circles until death claimed them. That’s certainly no way to live. On the other hand, the wilderness journey, a matter of a few...

Here's a true story about a man named Erieg who lived in Skagafjörður, Iceland (early 1900s). Just like the disciple Peter, Erieg was a fisherman-turned-fisher of men. But choosing to follow Christ is costly! His testimony began to bother the consciences of those...

Man had become obnoxious in the sight of God, polluting the land with his idolatry and violence, defiling the whole creation. There was nothing but for him to disappear under God’s judgment. Yet, in the midst of corruption, there has always been a remnant that fears...