We are all in agreement that there has to be a separation of church and state, but not a divorce between the two. What bothers us these days is to observe the way in which that concept has changed from “separateness” or “distinctiveness” to a situation which resembles the breakdown of a marriage. We notice […]
First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. II Peter 1:20, 21 (RSV) “Private interpretation and continuing revelation.” I’ve been tossing these phrases around in my […]
When it comes to health and communicable diseases we are all agreed that it is important to have immunity. Thanks to public health care, measles and chicken pox just aren’t what they used to he. But this past winter the Russian flu hit our high schools exactly as predicted, because the population under 25 years […]
As the world‘s attention is being drawn to the Arab world because of its oil wealth and influence we appreciate this report from the wife of our Arabic Radio minister as she calls attention to our growing opportunity to bring the gospel there. Radio‘s New Opportunity Radio has given us the means to emulate an […]
Saatu’l Islah. the Arabic Broadcast of the Back to God Hour, has been on the air for fifteen years. In all that time there have been very few letters from women listeners. In a Moslem culturc the woman has a very difficult life, and it is only lately, as more women have becomc well-educated, that […]
Conscious of a “calling” to serve the Lord with our lives, it was understood from day one that we would be a team. We set out for Syria with that in mind; but it was five years before we settled down to our life’s work in Chicago of all places! If wives are to be […]
“What is it that attracts Westerners to Islam?” This question was raised by one of the students at Westminster Theological Seminary in California, during the two-week interim class on “Current Issues in Missions” and “Missions to Muslims” which was taught by my husband. Later the seminarian explained to us what lay behind his question. It […]