equipping messengers for God’s mission
“What’s the meaning of life?” “What happens to you when you die?” As a teenager Didi asked questions like these. But her atheist family toed the Bulgarian communist party line, and they were unable to give her satisfying answers. Living without hope, Didi decided to end her life and jumped out of a 6th story window.Continue reading
These last six books sounded like they were arranged chronologically – Nahum speaking of Judah’s rescue from Assyria, Habakkuk and Zephaniah of the exile & restoration, and the final three speaking both encouragement and rebuke to the returned exiles.Continue reading
I don’t think I realized before that Hosea was writing to the apostate northern kingdom; that makes God’s anguished declarations of love for them seem more poignant to me.Continue reading
Ezekiel was so dramatic and his visions so incredible, I wonder if I would have believed him, or if I would have thought he was insane! Continue reading
I am excited to announce that this June I will spend a week in Varna, Bulgaria for a one-week mission!Continue reading
I thoroughly enjoyed working behind the scenes at Comm Lab. Those who attended gave us some great feedback, and that helped me write the following article which I submitted for the Keynote Connection blog.Continue reading
The first part of Jeremiah, with its predictions of Judah’s exile & return, sometimes seems to ping-pong between the two rather quickly. To be honest, I found the narrative portions somewhat confusing for my western mind...Continue reading
The form of the book strikes me as an anthology containing “The Collected Works of Isaiah” and vignettes from his life and ministry. Parts were confusing, but other parts contain some of my favorite passages in the entire Bible.Continue reading
I noticed the different sections of Proverbs more clearly than in the past because of listening to whole book at one sitting. I found the book to be positive and very motivating...Continue reading
I could feel the emotional intensity building throughout the book of Job; the tension builds, and the speeches become increasingly emotional and increasingly angry. And how interesting that Psalm 1 comes immediately after Job!Continue reading