David Hill (1840-1896) was a pioneer missionary in central China with connections to the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Hill was from a privileged background and gave generously to missionary and church work. He founded schools for the blind, set up orphanages, and homes for destitute elderly. He founded the Christian Literature Society, labored against the opium […]
Some time ago a friend of mine took me to a restaurant where they must love darkness rather than light. I stumbled into the dimly-lit cavern, fumbled for a chair, and mumbled that I needed a flashlight to read the menu. When the food came I ate it by faith and not by sight. Gradually, […]
Apollyon threw a flaming dart at his breast; but Christian had a shield in his hand, with which he caught it, and so prevented the danger of that. Then did Christian set himself for battle and Apollyon was fast at him, throwing darts thick as hail, by the which, notwithstanding all that Christian could do […]
The spiritual warfare “Prayer Intercessor” exclaimed, “This city is overrun with demons… there are demons in every house and on every street…souls will never be saved until this city is taken back by the power of prayer, house by house, street by street!” These Christians were encouraged to take part in a week-long prayer vigil, […]
True Christianity is far removed from the hurdy-gurdy entertainment of modern Christendom. It is not to be confused with the luxury-living and pleasure-seeking that are so rampant today. Rather, it is a struggle to the death, an unceasing conflict against the forces of hell. No disciple is worth his salt who does not realize that […]
How dreadful a thing it is to allow ourselves to get into a condition of soul in which we are unable to bear distinct testimony against the ministers of Satan. “We must,” it is said, “be liberal”; “we must not hurt people’s feelings.” But truth is truth, and we are not to put error for […]
For some months all had gone well in the home of the ex-Confucianist, and the excitement aroused by his conversion had to some extent subsided. It even seemed as though the tides were beginning to turn, and he might gain ground in popular favor again. This in large measure was due to a practical way […]
America leads the West in the incarceration of its populace. According to the US Department of Justice (as of June 30, 1999) 468 out of every 100,000 people in the country sit behind bars. That’s dramatically up in the last decade (292 per 100,000 in 1990). This doesn’t include those on parole, those wanted by […]
While he was in prison, John the Baptist was depressed by doubts concerning Jesus being the Messiah. Jesus told His disciples that they should tell Him of the miracles they had seen and that, “the poor have the gospel preached to them” (Mt. 11:5, nkjv). Many times it is the poor that are most receptive […]