by Elly Malima and Bryan Cleeton Tanzania is a country located in East Africa, bordering Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. It was ruled in the past by Germany and Great Britain and became a nation in 1964. There are more than 120 tribes in Tanzania, including the Masai and Sukuma. […]

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Learning and living the steps of discipleship. by Mike Wallace The first thing one teaches students as a water safety instructor is reach, throw, row, go. Safety in rescuing a drowning victim has a natural progression of action. First, reach out to them. If they are too far from shore, throw them a life buoy […]

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Will the real Christian please stand up? by Sarah Schwerin I walked into the school, knowing my first day of substitute teaching would be a success. In my pressed khakis and dress shirt, I looked over the classroom teacher’s lesson plans, glad I’d arrived early. As the first-grade students filed in and put their backpacks […]

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by Loren Gjesdal As I write this article, the 2024 Paris Olympics are taking place. Notably absent from the medal podium is the US men’s 4×100 relay team. Despite having the gold medal-winning 100m runner on the team, the US failed to medal due to a botched handoff of the baton. Think of this in […]

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by Stephen R. Clark It’s a vast universe we live in. Now and then, videos simulating how truly vast pop up in social media. They start by looking down on a specific location on earth and then zoom out, seemingly to infinity. The earth quickly shrinks to a dot and then can’t be seen at […]

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Reflecting Christlikeness through our words. by Kathleen Barrett What do your words say about you? What does God hear? When we were four or five years old, our words might have been precocious, profound, or silly but were endearing to all. As we grew, however, our words took on more weight. We expressed both graceful […]

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The cross as a way of life. by Denise Kohlmeyer Then all the disciples left him and fled (Matthew 26:56). They ran like rabbits. Just when Jesus needed them most, they were gone. The thought of the cross was too much for them. The pain, unbearable. So they ran. Oftentimes when I read the account […]

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Becoming the aroma of Christ before God and humanity. by Rick Straub In our circus world, where senses are bombarded by the overstimulation of social media, political protests, world conflict, and personal crises, can people still be impressed by the gospel? Should we fear that the good news of Jesus has lost its power to […]

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Is it permissible for Christians to charge one another interest on loans?   The law condemns usury, particularly to poor brethren: “If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, . . . you shall not charge him interest” (Exodus 22:25). On the contrary, generosity is instructed: “But you shall […]

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Beyond Destruction Though all of earth will some day pass,the mountains melt with fervent heatand even stones be consumed with fire: yet until that day children must eat,the sick shall need their careand the whole be better off clothed. Until the lion lie down with the lamb,the eagle fly with the doveand the bear be […]

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