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Andrew Murray: The Apostle Of Abiding Love

Andrew Murray The Apostle Of Abiding Love “One day I was talking with a missionary,” writes Andrew Murray, “and he said to me, ‘Brother, remember that when God puts a desire into your heart, He will fulfill it.’ That helped me; I thought of it a hundred times. I want to say the same to […]

F W Boreham

From an essay by James Townsend: “The name of Boreham only rhymes with the word boredom. At that point the similarity ceases. The popular preacher Warren Wiersbe said: “It amazes me that my favorite biographical handbook, Who Was Who in Church History, mentions Caesar Borgia, but contains not one line about Frank W. Boreham.” In […]

Resurrection Eucharist for Brother Roger of Taiz

23 AUGUST 2005 Resurrection Eucharist for Brother Roger of Taiz © [ACNS – J M Rosenthal] They came from many nations, all denominations and all ages, to pay tribute to the founder of Taiz ©, as Cardinal Walter Kaspar of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity at the Vatican, presided at the funeral Eucharist today for […]

Violent death of Taiz

17 August 2005 Violent death of Taiz © founder Brother Roger stuns church leaders Bernadette Sauvaget Cologne (ENI). The death of the 90-year-old founder of the Taiz © Community in Burgundy, France, Brother Roger has stunned world Christian leaders from many denominations who deplored his killing at the hands of a woman wielding a knife. Brother Roger […]

Billy Graham’s friend becomes an atheist

From a friend: Hi there, just wondering if someone out there might be able to clear up something for me. Did Billy Graham early on in his ministry have someone working alongside him (was a confident of Billy Graham) who left the Billy Graham ministry and became an atheist? Is this fact or a myth? […]

Jesus, Jihad and Jail

Jesus, Jihad and Jail by The Missionary formally known as Mike* Introduction “Dad, what year were you in prison?” If my son had not asked me this so loudly, or if we had not been in the middle of a quiet family restaurant, his question might not have bothered me. But I was embarrassed that […]

Geoff Bullock

INTERVIEW: GEOFF BULLOCK Geoff Bullock on his songs: “It’s like being renowned for being the parent of somebody. But the songs I’ve done have been part of an extraordinary work and they’ve been used in extraordinary ways and have visited millions and millions of people all around the world. In a way, I can’t feel […]

Billy Graham’s Final Crusade

Sightings 7/7/05 Billy Graham’s Final Crusade — James L. Evans Two weekends ago, Billy Graham preached what has been predicted to be his final American evangelistic campaign — perhaps his last campaign ever. If this proves to be true, his career will have concluded where it began, in New York. His first nationally recognized crusade […]

Martin Marty Reporting on Billy Graham

Sightings 6/27/05 Reporting on Billy Graham — Martin E. Marty My notes from a quick trip to New York to cover Billy Graham: “The attention shown by the full house last night was a tribute to his organization and to his appeal. Authority and sincerity more than color and emotionalism contribute to that appeal. Last […]

Remembering Paul Ricoeur

Sightings 6/16/05 Remembering Paul Ricoeur — W. David Hall As many of us were saddened to learn, philosopher Paul Ricoeur died of natural causes on May 20, 2005. He was 92. Ricoeur held professorships at the Sorbonne, the Catholic University at Louvain, and the University of Paris at Nanterre, where he served as dean from […]