MY DAD’S GREAT COMMISSION

In last week’s column I wrote about the five Great Commissions which are the biblical basis for the missions movement. Today I want to share a personal “great commission” that my wife and I received from my Dad.

Letter to the Editor

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FIVE GREAT COMMISSIONS

My wife Jean and I have served as missionaries in several countries. We were just one very small part of the missions movement that has been ongoing since the beginning of the Christian church.

JESUS’ JOB DESCRIPTION

Missionaries are sent from one place—usually their home—to another place to preach and serve others. As the Apostle Paul stated, “How can they preach unless they are sent?” (Romans 10:15) That truth calls our attention to the words of Jesus, “As the Father sent me, so I send you.

JONAH: BAD NEWS OR GOOD NEWS?

I have good news and bad news for you. First the bad news: God is “a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and One who relents concerning sending calamities.” (Jonah 4:2) Why is this bad news?

MISSIONS BC

In last week’s column I mentioned that my wife Jean and I have served as missionaries in several countries. Foreign missionaries leave their home country to serve God among people living in another place. Missions is based on the idea that God is the God of people everywhere.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA

This week we celebrate our country’s birthday. This holiday reminds me of the time during my college years when I worked as the dishwasher at a summer camp in Utah. That year the camp hired as cooks two British ladies who were touring the United States by taking jobs as they traveled.

Four unique moments in American history

Americans celebrate the founding of their country every July 4. School children learn that the Second Continental Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, forever changing the world with the establishment of the United States of America.

NO ONE IS BORN WISE! (III)

Here is a fill-in-the-blank question from the Bible: “_____________ is the beginning of wisdom.”What does the Bible say is the beginning of wisdom? In case you are unsure, look up Proverbs 9:10 or Psalm 111:10. Or read to the end for the answer.

Notable sightseeing spots across the United States

Road trips have long had a place in American culture. The construction of Route 66 in the 1920s might have sparked Americans’ love affair with the open road, and postwar expansion of the interstate highway system in the middle decades of the twentieth century only reinforced those feelings.