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“I would like a New Testament,” said the man on the phone. “I’m sorry. I am away from the church right now. I can be there in a few hours, though,” I offered. “I can’t stay right now,” he replied. “We will be there on Saturday. Can you come then?”…
The longer we live in Greenland, the more spiritual realities become evident. While researching the culture of the Inuit people as we prepared to launch, we began to get a sense of their enduring animistic worldview. Traditional shamans, known as angakkuit, (plural of angakkoq), have historically served as spiritual mediators,…
Earlier this year, God opened the door for me to help our neighbor, Mary, download a Bible app to her phone. I showed her the audio Bible features it contains, and she grew excited at the possibility of listening, as her eyesight is not very good. A couple of days…
“When you’re ready, yell ‘Hit it!’ And don’t let go of the rope.” By this time, I was feeling exhausted and ready to give up. I felt like I had swallowed a gallon of muddy water and was about to vomit. I was floating in the middle of the Fox…
No booming voice, no writing in the sky, no answers spelled out in alphabet soup. Sitting in his office, the recruiter had asked, “How have you sensed God calling you to full-time mission service?” I racked my brain, trying to recall an exact moment when God told me that becoming…
“The only way that the gospel will reach the entire world is through the internet, radio and TV!” The man’s words were earnest as he shook my hand after the sermon. I had just preached on the need for missionaries to go to the billions of people who still do…
A while ago, we received the following comment from a man, whom I will call Hassan. Here is a little glimpse into how God approaches godly Muslims, and what helps us communicate with them. Salam. In my dream, I saw Prophet Isa (Jesus), alayhi-s-salām (peace be upon him), seated on…
“Nathan, I need to ask you a favor.” We never imagined the impact that phrase would have. In the midst of our process of learning the local language, we witnessed how God can use our testimony, even without words. Through our language teacher, we met a family who invited us…
“Hey brother, I am going to church this Sabbath!” Since January 2023, I have written a handful of times about my friend Mustafa and his spiritual growth in Christ [see also the March, May and August 2023 issues]. I am excited to say that he continues to grow in his…
Vision trip: noun. An opportunity for missionary candidates to visit the country in which they will serve as career missionaries. On July 2, during our recent vision trip, we reached Aomori, a small town in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. We stopped there for one night after taking the shinkansen (bullet train)…