Imagine that. You’re serving God, you’re going on mission trips, you’re helping people meet Jesus. You’re starting churches. You’re even freeing people from demonic possession. And what does that get you? Arrested, false accusations, a severe flogging, and prison. Maybe you haven’t...
And don’t think that this only applies to reality TV shows and popular churches. All of us are subject to the same temptation, including pastors, biblical scholars, theologians, and urban mission practitioners. Popularity is forever seductive, for it appeals to our never-ending desire for powe...
Hopefully, we will all learn how to pray with conviction, fortitude, trust and confidence that our Lord and Savior has the whole world and all of its situations in His hands. In October 2013 while on a Buckner International Mission Trip, I attempted to pay for some souvenir books I had p...
Jeremiahtells the story of the prophet who abandons his family and the woman he loves, in order to relay God’s message in Jerusalem. Although he is persecuted and branded as a traitor for warning others of the destruction of the Holy City, he continues fearlessly with his mission. When ...