In most evangelical churches here in Nicaragua the church calendar unimportant. The overwhelming majority of churches do not hold special services for Christmas, and for most Easter is celebrated as if it were just another Sunday (this is largely to differentiate...

Judges 3:7 New International Version (NIV) Othniel 7 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs. Israel experienced a revival in the land when they cried out to God. You know what God does when...

Philippians 3:13 (NASB) Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,  The last couple weeks, I have been faced with a life altering decision.  A decision that...

Earlier today, my wife shared a gospel tract with me that she found when she opened a new box of diapers.  I read through it, just to be sure, and sure enough, it was a little cartoon story of a man who died and saw hell, then wanted to talk to a pastor after being...

The past year living in Nicaragua has helped me to really appreciate all the innovations that make life in the US much more efficient. I’ve without a dishwasher or a clothes dryer (and we have a four-month rainy season here…), have not had a washing machine the past...

Judges 2:10 New International Version (NIV) 10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. In Judges chapter 2:8, it says, "Joshua, son of Num, a servant of the...