By: Lisa Smith The following article was taken from Christianity Today´s website “So can you help me? Please? I really need your help.” As I stared into the eyes of my new Christian friend, I saw her struggling. She was feeling tempted…. Of course I will help her, I thought. I know just what to... Continue Reading →
Why Lent?
By: Dr. Eddie Estep February 17, 2021, was Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season called Lent. Ash Wednesday gets its name from the custom, in some Christian denominations, of placing ashes on the forehead as a sign of penitence. The ashes are obtained by burning the palm branches from the previous year’s Palm... Continue Reading →
Why do we Give up Something for Lent?
By: Scott Armstrong The season of Lent begins tomorrow with Ash Wednesday. In the Christian calendar, Lent is meant to be a time of self-denial and repentance. Many Christians worldwide observe this period by “giving up” or “fasting” something for the 40 days preceding Easter. I have lived and served for many years in Latin... Continue Reading →
Nazarenes in Mexico Create a New Board Game to Reach their Community
By: Eunice Zaragoza Leal When we joined the short-term missions trip, Missions Without Limits, we could not have imagined how we would engage in missions in the midst of this pandemic. As the date approached, our entire team in Cadereyta, Mexico began to experience trials of different kinds. We lost family members to illnesses, and... Continue Reading →
The Bridge Between Generations
By: Brett Clemmer The following article was taken from the website https://maninthemirror.org/2020/09/08/the-bridge-between-generations/ In the 1980s, elephants overcrowded South Africa’s Kruger National Park. In response, the government authorized killing adult elephants and relocating their offspring to other parks. As the orphaned male elephants became teenagers, they were clueless about what “normal” male behavior looked like.When their testosterone levels... Continue Reading →
The Seeking God
By: Dr. Stan Toler (1950-2017) “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10 Have you noticed it? The subtle inversion that’s taken place in our thinking about our mission? Where once we focused our energies on the word GO, we have now applied our thinking to strategies for getting... Continue Reading →
Mission Without Limits, Serving Our Neighbors with Love
By: Marta Encarnación “He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” (Luke 10:27). On January 4, 2021, on the North District of Guatemala, “Mission Without Limits” took place in the neighborhood of... Continue Reading →
Joy in the Midst of COVID (Part 2)
By: Gary Faucett In our previous post we started our exploration into Christ’s joy in the midst of difficult circumstances. The Apostle Paul gave us a great example of this. Acts 16 tells us that he had a vision from God that he was supposed to go minister to the people in Macedonia. However, even... Continue Reading →
Joy in the Midst of COVID (Part 1)
By: Gary Faucett How many of you found the year 2020 difficult? If you haven’t, you need to check your pulse. To say it was a difficult year may be the understatement of the year. COVID interrupted our lives. It changed our lives in many ways, possibly forever. It’s been a challenging year. It’s been... Continue Reading →
A Christmas Prayer
By: Robert Louis Stevenson "Loving Father, help us remember the birth of Jesus that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men. Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every... Continue Reading →