Bibles for New Believers

In every country we have visited, nearly everyone yearns for the same precious gift: a Bible. In Africa, we handed out hundreds of Bibles after a baptism. As each new believer received their own Bible, their faces lighted up with holy joy! They acted as if we had placed a treasure chest in their hands, full of gold and precious …

Blessed Mourning

“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4. The word translated “mourn” denotes an intense sorrow: not just the grief we feel over a tragedy, but the deep heart sorrow our sins and imperfections should cause us. (See Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 9.) The only way for us as humans to experience such deep …

Two Wives

When presented with truth, Howard faces a difficult choice.

Starving Triplets, Part 2

Messenger FM radio rouses a community into action. “Pastor, come and pray for these people.” Judith Nahabwe, a family friend and staff member at the Bushenyi Adventist Hospital stopped me one day.  My wife and I followed Judith to a hospital room and a heart-breaking scene: a couple crying tears over three tiny babies in desperate need of nourishment. My …