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An Ordinary Hero - Alonso Rodriguez 24 Mar 2013 | 03:31 am
Alonso Rodriguez [1532-1617] is a shining example of ‘blooming where you’re planted’. He didn’t found churches, win crowds to Jesus or conquer heresy. He was one of God’s ‘unknowns’, who won hidden vi...
RADICAL OUTREACH - THE 'HALLELUJAH LASSES' 8 Mar 2013 | 05:57 pm
The great question in most churches which are at all earnest in their work, is how to reach the masses. This isn't some present-day church growth report; it comes from an English newspaper, the Northe...
The Pain and Colour of the Cross 1 Mar 2013 | 06:06 pm
With Easter fast approaching, here's an idea you may not have thought of. Reading up on Oscar Romero recently, I came across something profound and beautiful that was completely new to me: the Salvad...
Aidan and Alopen, Two 7th Century Apostles 28 Feb 2013 | 11:14 pm
In God's great timetable, the year AD 635 must have been a bit special. For in that year, two men were sent out on apostolic missions and, in the face of great dangers, broke through with the gospel i...
The Incredible Faithfulness of Lena Tikhuie 16 Feb 2013 | 04:31 pm
In 1737, the Moravian Church sent a team to start a mission and community settlement in South Africa. They chose some land east of Cape Town and called it Genadendal (Grace Valley). You can see images...
The Country Boy Who Fathered a Nation - Conclusion 15 Feb 2013 | 09:16 pm
Hauge spent his last years on a farm near Christiania (modern Oslo), bought for him by his friends. Years of imprisonment had weakened his body but not his spirit. His home became a centre for Christi...
The Country Boy who Fathered a Nation, Part 2 26 Dec 2012 | 07:31 pm
Hauge's time as a travelling evangelist were busy and fulfilling. A magnetism of God's love seemed to draw people to him. He collected some of their testimonies and published them as tracts, to reach ...
The Country Boy Who Fathered a Nation, Part 1 13 Dec 2012 | 05:59 pm
The name Hans Nielsen Hauge (pronounced Ho-ger) is largely unknown outside his native Norway. This is surprising, given the far-ranging social, economic, political and spiritual impact of his life. I...
Preacher Burns His Sermons And Catches Fire Himself! 8 Nov 2012 | 04:10 pm
Destitute of the fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing fire, nothing else matters. Samuel Chadwick was born in the industrial north of England in 1860. His father worked long hours in the cott...
Ancient Odes to Jesus, part 2 19 Oct 2012 | 02:24 pm
There is a Helper for me: the Lord... He became like me, that I might receive Him. I trembled not when I saw Him, for He was gracious to me. Like my nature He became, that I might understand him; and ...
