by Terry_Powell | Apr 7, 2017 | Stories to Encourage and Inform
Most Christian leaders feel embarrassed and apologetic when they cry, particularly if it’s in public. We tend to equate weeping with emotional instability, loss of self-control, and fragility that’s the polar opposite of strong leadership.But God’s Word offers a...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 17, 2016 | Stories to Encourage and Inform |
Robertson—missionary statesman, college president, renown author—is now in the presence of the Lord, whom he loved supremely and served sacrificially. If you could look up the words “finished well” in a Pictorial Dictionary, you’d see Robertson’s face.In the 35 years...
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 | Sep 9, 2015 | Stories to Encourage and Inform |
Series on Depression and Faith My last post, “How God Gets Glory,” conveyed the ironic truth that our weakness, neediness, or inadequacy provides a grand opportunity for God to receive more honor and praise. Allow me to dissect the concept of God’s glory. The Bible’s...
