by Harriet E. Michael “Look at the nations and watch — and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told” (Habakkuk 1:5). This was God’s answer to Habakkuk’s complaint — his prayer, his cry to God. In verse 2, Habakkuk […]

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Editor’s note: This issue’s On Mission pages are devoted to three short stories of what is happening with the CoG7 in Pakistan. They are taken from the Orphans and Widows newsletter, produced by GC Missions.   Surviving in Pakistan by Brian Baker Pakistan has the fifth largest population in the world; the United States has […]

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In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 3:1, 2). John the Baptist was a prophet of the Most High and full of the Holy Spirit. No wonder people were drawn to set aside their jobs and everyday lives and travel […]

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After His resurrection, Jesus’ guidance of His disciples changed from “Come and see” (John 1:39) to “Go and show” (Matthew 28:19, 20) — from training His followers to sending them out to fulfill His commission. That Great Commission was to be the chief goal of the church until the end of the age. Yet today […]

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Revival has been in the news lately. Stories of college students holding all-night, weeklong services sparked breathless hope for another Great Awakening — a mass move of the Holy Spirit racing like wildfire across the American continent and culture. But would we know a true revival if we saw it? What hallmarks would we look […]

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I have a dream of a church without unbiblical legalism that undermines love for our neighbor, and a church without liberalism that tramples on God’s commandments just to please everyone. I have a dream of a church in which the color of your skin, your immigration status, your economic condition, your political party, or the […]

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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth with words. He said, “Let there be,” and there was — and there is. So important were words to God that of all the creatures He created, His image bearers are the only ones to possess language. As we will see, that can be both […]

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A Cherokee proverb tells of a grandfather teaching his grandson the ways of life: “Within me rages a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is filled with pride, greed, violence, and hate. The other is filled with humility, peace, hope, and love. These two wolves are fighting for my spirit.” The boy eagerly searches […]

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“Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house in his son’s days” (1 Kings 21:29). Today, I am astonished again by God’s grace to the repentant. King Ahab gets my vote as the most evil king in the whole history of […]

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My daughter, Aubrey, was ten or eleven years old the time she and I went together to the grocery store. I wore an old Cincinnati Reds t-shirt and a pair of red cotton shorts, white socks, and white tennis shoes. As we got out of the car and started walking side by side, I made […]

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You must have faced the challenge from time to time, I suspect, of answering weighty questions that were put to you. As with most individuals, some of your responses were correct, but so often others were incorrect. As a way, therefore, of enticing each reader to think outside their hallowed box about the apostolic explanations […]

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Seeing (John 9) Born blind. Aren’t we all? Dumb in sin, cursed by the Fall. We stumble through life Grappling with strife, Until the good news seeps in Jump starting our heart, and then We come home to Him, seeing. Stephen R. Clark Stephen R. Clark is the former editor of Christian Bookseller Magazine and a regular contributor […]

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