DHARMSALA, India — The Dalai Lama celebrated his 88th birthday on Thursday, as hundreds of his supporters and exiled Tibetans thronged his hillside Indian headquarters in Dharamsala. Artists played traditional welcome tunes as the Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in his open mobile van to ...
Doubt is why God gave the Word. Three bible verses help us understand doubt, which is the uncertainty of the mind, plus the lack of God’s order. The Word of God provides the answer for doubt and understanding God’s order. The first is II Timothy 3:16-17: “All Scripture is given by ...
MINA, Saudi Arabia — As hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked in the footsteps of the prophets beneath a sweltering sun, contracted cleaners in lime-green jumpsuits held out matching plastic bags to collect their empty water bottles. It takes tens of thousands of cleaners, ...
My wife and I recently retired after nearly 40 years of local church ministry. To celebrate, we took a road trip across the country. It was an amazing trip from the busyness of the Northeast, through the wide-open plains of mid-America, to the impressive mountain ranges that hid the Pacific ...
When she retired from her teaching position in the Loyalsock School District, Carol Johnson knew that she wanted to devote some of her time to working at her church, perhaps as a lay leader, but never on the scale that she is now, following her ordination as pastor of Redeemer and Saint ...
I Chronicles 27:32 “Also Jonathan, David’s uncle...” I knew of Saul’s son and David’s friend Jonathan, but his uncle? He is described in three ways in the verse: 1. a counselor, 2. a wise man, and 3. a scribe (KJV). This is the “forgotten Jonathan.” How we thank God for the ...
