
Month: May 2024


Laura and the Butterfly
On a beautiful spring day, Laura was helping her mom pull weeds in the garden. The sky was a beautiful blue, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the fragrance of flowers and […]

Do You Still Think About Saving the Lost?
That’s a pretty direct question, and yet it is justified. Suppose you had to answer in all honesty with a “no.” Suppose you had to admit that you do not think about the salvation of […]

How Will We Be Remembered?
Recently, someone shared some memories on Facebook about their grandfather on the anniversary of his death. Here is a short excerpt: “Grandfather was a man who loved God with all his heart, and it showed. […]

The Prodigal Son
Moody writes: I was about to close the meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association in Chicago when a man stood up and asked to speak. I had never seen him before, nor did I […]

Obedience With a Promise
Most of us can remember from our childhood how our parents told us to be obedient. In Sunday School, we probably memorized the verses from Ephesians 6:1-3, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for […]

A Mother’s Love Points Us to Jesus
In Joroco in Africa, a woman named Marierose lived all alone. Her husband had died, and her two boys had been taken away by his brother. It nearly broke her heart, but there was nothing […]

A Living Sacrifice
The word “sacrifice” occurs frequently in the Bible. Notably, in this passage, it refers to our body, our entire being. When we are born again, Jesus comes into our heart and makes it His dwelling […]

Our Times Need Christian Mothers and Fathers
Mothers do not have it easy today. The social changes of the last 70 years, especially in our Western culture, have had a major impact on the ideal image of the family, the tasks of […]

I Will Be With You
In late November 1907, Heinrich Begemann approached me, asking whether I would like to enter the Lord’s service as a missionary. The mission house in Essen was established by the pastor Georg Vielgut at Friedbergstrasse […]