December 3, 2009
A police officer was shot and wounded in my hometown today. Two thugs tried to rob a local bar at lunch-time. An officer was about a block away when he got the call and confronted the thieves as they left… Continue Reading…
November 25, 2009
Article written by W.W. McEad and taken by permission from November issue of “IFCA NEWS Connection” The English word for “worry” comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word which means “to strangle”. This seems appropriate since worry has the effect of strangling our… Continue Reading…
October 18, 2009
by Guest Blogger: Alexandra Armstrong I’ve been on an intense campaign to convince my husband that he wants to be a Civil War re-enactor. I’ve done everything I know to do to persuade him. I appealed to his masculinity by… Continue Reading…
October 9, 2009
I was amused as I read the account of the Somali pirates who mistook a French naval flagship for a merchant vessel and tried to board it before realizing their mistake. The moral of the story is “know thine enemy.”… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2009
One would not likely know by listening to the American media outlets that there is a human tragedy unfolding in Northeast Indian states of Manipur and Mizoram. IFCA International (a organization of Independent Bible Churches) has recently been in communication with… Continue Reading…
August 4, 2009
Puritan writer/preacher, Richard Baxter was a powerful spiritual force in 17th Century England. J.I. Packer referred to him as “a man for all ministries.” In Kidderminster, there is a statue in memory of Baxter and this inscription appears at its… Continue Reading…
August 3, 2009
Linda and I have just returned home after an enjoyable weekend of travel and ministry. Leaving here on Friday afternoon we made our first stop at the home of Chaplain Meyer in Nevada IA. These folks are quickly becoming good… Continue Reading…
July 20, 2009
One little key click wiped out a portion of my life … I was doing some housekeeping and deleting some extraneous e-mail accounts … ones that I haven’t used in ages. I deleted a Gmail account and poof! … My… Continue Reading…