Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island nation in South Asia, located about 18½ miles off the southern coast of India. Popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. The majority of Sri Lankans follow Buddhism, the state religion. There is a growing resentment towards Christianity―, which […]
In 1951 Campus Crusade for Christ was founded on the college campus of UCLA. The reason Bill and Vonette Bright gave was “win the campus today, win the world tomorrow.” This was because they realized that University students are the future leaders of the society and influencers of the culture. Now God is using the
Audio player not supported in your browser. Click above to play the audio by Timothy Keller – pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (18 minutes) The reality of meeting God changes you into a person of mission: one who is willing to leave what is comfortable in order to love and serve others. As you take
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Joseph and Sital come from Nepal. They grew up in refugee camps and had Hindu families. Six years ago, an Indian missionary started doing ministry in the Nepalese camp. The missionary planted churches in the camp as people came to faith. These two boys were jus teenagers when they heard the gospel. Sital came to faith and
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This month Amy’s team (Magdalena USA) is seeing the result of an idea that started a year ago. Last winter, her team wanted to help resource some partner organizations during January, which is the national Human Trafficking Awareness month. But the funding wasn’t available to help as fully as we hoped. So last spring Amy
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Planning and preparation are vital to proper execution of a strategy. But is spending time establishing the plans a human effort that leaves God providence out of the picture? Well, there are many Biblical examples of well established plans which the Lord either instituted or blessed. God placed on Nehemiah’s mind the desire to rebuild
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Historians credit Francis of Assisi with gifting the world with the first nativity scene. It happened in 1223 in the Italian village of Greccio where Francis wanted to help people better understand and engage the mystery of the Word become flesh. Francis remembered a visit he made to Bethlehem years earlier that inspired the idea
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Vonette Bright is the co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ. Vonette and Bill founded this ministry on prayer and faith in God. And she has led us very well by her example and encouragement. She was always so enthusiastic and positive. She died at home on December 23rd, 2015, due to complications from acute leukemia. We
This Christmas season our family is doing an advent devotional together each day. Well “together” means that we each have a time with the Lord and follow the same reading each day. Since our kids are spread around the country and schedules are hectic, we are posting each day’s reading on an online blog. The content
There are three institutions that God appointed upon this earth: the Government, the Family and the Church. God Himself has ordained government and commands that everyone must submit to government; moreover, there is no authority except that which God has established. The Lord is the author of the union of marriage, made evident when He
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