This photograph is the most reprinted photo in history. Joseph Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, took the picture on February 23, 1945 on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. The battle for control of this tiny island was one of the most horrific in modern history. After only five days of warfare against 22,000 [...]
A few years ago the twenty-something son of some old friends was killed in a car accident. Carl (not his real name) was the oldest son of three children and had just recently returned to the Lord. Ron and Mary were close friends. Carl’s tragic death was not the only trouble Ron and Mary have [...]
I’ve been reading a lot of books recently about discipleship, church planting and the “missional” lifestyle: Small is Big, by George Barna House to House, by Larry Kreider Starting a New Church, by Ralph Moore The Emotionally Healthy Church, by Peter Scazzero Church Planter, by Patrick Darrin and Mark Driscoll How to Multiply Your Church, [...]
Reading over some of our newsletters recently I was reminded of how Globe’s career missionaries are making a difference all over the world. With all the emphasis American churches have placed on “short-term missions” the vital importance of career missions is sometimes missed, at least in the thinking of the general Christian population. It is [...]
I made my first overseas trip – to Central America – when I was 18. I was 21 when I first went to Asia. At 24 my wife, our daughter and I, moved to Taiwan for our first two-year term of missionary service. At 28, I started AsiaNet Ministries. By the time I was 35 [...]
