by Terry_Powell | Dec 4, 2015 | Stories to Encourage and Inform
The delay in fulfilling his calling was unexpected and frustrating. After six years of intensive outreach in China, at age 29, Hudson Taylor returned to England, a furlough prompted by poor health. For five years he waited to return, all the while burdened by the...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 26, 2015 | All, Stories to Encourage and Inform
In the late 1700s, the British economy relied heavily on the slave trade from Africa. Most captives toiled on large plantations owned by Britishers in the West Indies. The annual export of slaves from Africa’s western coast exceeded 100,000.A year after...
by Terry_Powell | Nov 16, 2015 | All, Stories to Encourage and Inform
An incident in Jack Murray’s life showed that weakness is not a hindrance to usefulness in God’s kingdom. His son, George, told this story in chapel while he served as President of Columbia International University. Jack, a traveling evangelist decades ago, was...
by Terry_Powell | Oct 29, 2015 | Christian Living in the Trenches
Turnabout is fair play, especially when I’m involved.My previous post cited “Four Things I’d Do Differently” as I looked back over the decades of my life. Here are four things I’ve done right in life or ministry. 1. I’ve worked at being creative with gifts I’ve given...
by Terry_Powell | Oct 12, 2015 | Christian Living in the Trenches
I’m not trying to browbeat myself through this post. The good Lord knows I’ve done too much of that in my lifetime. As a vocational Christian leader, husband, and father, I’ve done some things well and right. But now that I’m 66, I’m...
