A thankful test for your Thanksgiving table by Rick Villodas*

I recently took a survey that revealed my most-used words on Facebook: โ€œspiritual,โ€ โ€œawesome,โ€ โ€œwonderful,โ€ โ€œKnicks.โ€ (Being the New York sports fan I am, those words donโ€™t really go together.) But the survey brought to mind an important, hypothetical scenario: If God were to run a report of the words I use regularly, how high …

Impact Stories Through a Broadcasting Partnership with TWR

[Photo from India above is not uncommon in this Hindu nation.] One of our key broadcasting partners is TWR (formerly Trans World Radio). They are not only broadcasts our โ€œJESUSโ€ audio drama version across the globe, but also help open doors for television in many areas they serve. Recently they sent us seven pages of …

Sell It All.

By Dr. Scott Rodin* I have always found it rather unnerving to read these two texts side by side. The contrast could not be sharper. A certain ruler asked Jesus, โ€œTeacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?โ€ โ€œWhy do you call me good?โ€ Jesus answered. โ€œNo one is good except God alone. You know …

Knowing Your Moment*

<Listen> Of course we are nearing the end of the age. Jesus seemed pretty frustrated at his contemporariesโ€™ refusal to understand their times. โ€œFools,โ€ he called them. Because knowing your moment matters. Knowing where you are in the story is critical for your survival. Every moment is not like another. Living at the beginning of the Lord of the Rings is …

October Prayer Update

PRAISE:A. Thank God for the continued growth of the Jesus film ministry in the area of Internet evangelismย and discipleship. (Now seeing 1 million plays per day.)B. Our new team memberย Charissaย continues to progress well in her role. Pray for her helping leadย the writing and production of our next newsletter. PRAY:A. Lift up friends and ministry partners …

Six Reasons to Live More Simplyโ€”and Give More Generously–Randy Alcorn

Someone has said, โ€œLive simply that others may simply live.โ€ Of course, there is no automatic relationship between my simple living and someone else being rescued from starvation or reached with the gospel. There is only a relationship if I, in fact, use the resources I have freed up to feed the hungry and reach …