I was recently blessed with the beautiful thought found in Titus 3:4, 5: “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” According to His great mercy …
Conversion of a Sheikh When you think of Ethiopia, what do you imagine: a Christian nation or a Muslim state? Sadly, although Orthodoxy is still a major religious group here in Ethiopia, the Islamic religion is gaining ground. In some parts of the land, Muslims dominate. Tahir Aliye was born in Handode, a Muslim-dominated area of Ethiopia, and grew up …
Right around this time of year, or a little before, the Jews had a national time of rejoicing and giving thanks to God. This was the final festival in the Jewish calendar, the Feast of Tabernacles. Of this time we are told, “now the people came with their tributes of thanksgiving to God, who had thus richly blessed them.” Patriarchs …
John’s gospel begins with the familiar, sublime words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:1, 3. John describes Jesus as “the Word.” John returns to this description of Jesus as he sees …
A Special Work for Desta Boke Ethiopia Evangelist Desta Boke was a secretary at a Tembaro- area ecumenical church and a leader of the Topo Evangelical Church. His former church wanted to give him educational opportunities, so he began a three-year program at Hosanna, the institution where their main office is located. While in training, he would ask his …
An Evangelist is Converted Ethiopia Tamiru Gomele used to be an evangelist at th Full Gospel church here in Kuyera, and he was also the leader of the local ecumenical churches. Today, Tamiru is part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a result of a dispute that arose between Kebede Kenito—an Adventist gospel worker in the area—and the Full …
The Lord’s interest in each of us individually is beautifully amazing. God sent an angel to direct Philip down a deserted road to bring a message of hope to the Ethiopian eunuch. “And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is …
One of the greatest assurances of Scripture is the promise of a prayer-hearing God. The God of Abraham that agreed to save the city of Sodom for ten righteous souls in answer to Abraham’s bold requests and the God of the apostolic church that delivered Peter from prison is the God who says to us today, “Call upon me, and …
