Wow! “Tani” Adewumi, a 10-year-old Nigerian refugee, has become the country’s newest national chess master. He came to America with his family in 2017, fleeing from the terror of extremist group Boko Haram. He started learning chess three years ago at a New York City...
I received what was called a local preacher’s license in 1952, when I was only 17 years old. That means I have been at this business of preaching for 68 years. I have been the pastor of nine local churches. I was the organizing pastor of three of those nine churches I...
Reading Scripture in different translations is a good spiritual discipline. This was underscored recently when I was reading in the book of Job. The New International Version, which I usually read, has this translation of Job 18:2-4: “When will you end these speeches?...
In over 70 years of communism in Russia and the former Soviet Union, the vast majority of church buildings in the Soviet Union, especially in Russia, were destroyed or closed. Millions of Christians were imprisoned and put to death. I first went to the Soviet Union in...
I’ve never been a latest-fashion-follower, though I confess, for a season I did wear a “leisure suit” and white suede shoes. I’m aware that many readers will have no knowledge of “leisure suits.” They were popular in the early 1970s but didn’t last long. I thought I’d...
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, that wants it down!” wrote poet Robert Frost. Unfortunately, that sentiment is not universally shared. The largest construction project ever undertaken by humanity was building the Great Wall of China. Enough stone was...
The painting in the inspirational photo section on my website is by my wife, Jerry; it conveys the dramatic story. When Jesus was crucified, “darkness came over the whole land…for the sun stopped shinning. And the veil of the temple was torn in two.” (Luke 23:44-45)