01-01-2003 More than a decade ago, Jerry Sittser prayed for the protection of his family, yet three of his loved ones---his daughter, his wife, and his mother---died in an automobile accident. What went wrong? 'Why wasn't my prayer answered?' he asks. 'It is no longer an abstract question to me. What should...
01-01-2003 John Piper writes,"I will tell you what a tragedy is. I will show you how to wasteyour life. Consider this story from the February 1998 Reader's Digest: A couple 'took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast five years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. Now they live in Punta Gorda,...
01-01-2015 Strachan paints the picture of a man who was sold out to the gospel that saved him from himself and dedicated to proclaiming it to the broken world that he knew all too well. He uses the accomplishments of this hero of the faith to stir evangelicals to action in the public square, confronting the...
01-01-2011 According to Pastor Mark Batterson in this expanded edition ofThe Circle Maker, "Drawing prayer circles around our dreams isn't just a mechanism whereby we accomplish great things for God. It's a mechanism whereby God accomplishes great things in us." Do you ever sense that there's far more to...
01-01-1985 What are the conditions needed to knit Christians' hearts in a singleness of purpose and a unity of co-laboring to produce a lasting effect for the peoples of the Caribbean Basin? This decade of the eighties is critical in the Western Hemisphere. This booklet explores the need and the scriptural...