Live the truth – whatever it costs
This is a beautiful testimony from someone who lived the truth: Richard Wurmbrand was an evangelical minister in Romania during the Soviet occupation after World War II. When the communists came to power, they convened a so-called “Congress of Cults”, where religious leaders were supposed to swear allegiance to the new communist regime and declare […]
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Your anchor
I’m in tears, because I can hardly believe how the Lord is working in my life. I’m astonished by how the Lord makes me experience things in my everyday life so that I can better understand his Word. I’m in Australia with four friends I’ve known since school. Some of us have known one another […]
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A life leading others
I like pottering around with stuff, even though I have no idea what is going on sometimes. I still remember the old rotavator on the farm. You hooked it up to a tractor and used it to plow the land. One day as we were once again struggling to finish the work, I decided to […]
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To meet the author of the Bible
Sometimes it feels as if there are as many opinions about the Bible as there are people on earth. People quote truths from the Bible that makes me wonder where they found it, because it is often the opposite of what I had read. I know we should allow one another space, because each of […]
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Know your Bible, or lose the war
Ephesians 6:10-20 Paul used an image very familiar to the people of Ephesus to explain to them how they had to prepare themselves for the spiritual war that they and we too, of course, have to fight every day. The image he used was that of a Greek soldier’s armour. · Without a proper belt […]
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With the motor under your arm
I suspect I’m kind of a petrol head. Now and then I will sit glued to the box watching awestruck as they transform an old crock into a brand new flag ship vehicle. From crock to long, sleek, shiny car. When the owner sees it for the first time, his jaw nearly hits the ground. […]
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