Foundation of Faith
Dear Mother
Dear Mother, As I remember you today and reflect on the mother you were, I find myself thinking of the idiomatic expression “unique as a blue diamond.” Why do I say this? I say it […]
Foundation of Faith
Foundation of Faith
Foundation of Faith
Mission to Mars or “Ascension”?
“But let those who love Him be like the sun when it comes out in full strength.” (Judges 5:31) On February 18, 2021, a human-made vehicle called Perseverance landed on Mars. After 203 days in […]
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I Go to Prepare a Place for You
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare […]
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I Will Be With You
The path down which God led my wife and me here in Brazil was not dissimilar from the road I had taken years earlier in Germany, when I gave up my career in business to […]
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He Is Risen!
What a world of meaning is contained in the short sentence – “He is risen.” He has risen and has conquered death, hell, and the grave. Through His resurrection, we are “more than conquerors.” It […]
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The Cemetery – Final Destination?
Doreen and I are visiting her sister Ingrid and husband Harold in Calgary. Our itinerary includes day trips, shopping, shared meals, uplifting conversations, and exchanging memories. Yesterday, we visited our parents’ gravesite. We parked our […]
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The Miracle of the Resurrection
“And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty…But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” […]
Foundation of Faith
I Will Be with You
When we came to Brazil in 1936, we were about 50 years old, and our daughter Else was 14 years old. Farm work was not easy for us, especially as we had no comparable experience […]
Foundation of Faith
The Power of the Cross
The main theme of the apostle Paul’s letters is “the cross.” He was a Hebrew by birth, a teacher by profession, and a born leader with unquenchable zeal and fervent enthusiasm. But the sole subject […]