“Incoming casualties! Incoming casualties!” blares out as you roll off your bed, pull on your uniform, and stumble into a tent of bright lights. You’re surrounded by scurrying doctors, nurses, and medics. Three soldiers are wheeled into this makeshift emergency room, casualties of yet another IED (Improvised Explosive Device)—a homemade bomb. You’ve been the chaplain... Continue Reading

Ministry to Prostitutes August 2009 From Art and Ursula Spooner, Missionaries serving with MTW in Austria The last time I went with another German woman and we went up and down one of the main streets in the city. Most of these women were not from Nigeria, rather from Eastern block countries. They are not... Continue Reading

The following story is a compilation from a report in the July 10, Wall Street Journal On Line version, supplement with details provided in the August 13, 2009 issue of EP News (Editor) Battered by massive layoffs, home foreclosures and nearly a decade of economic decline, more residents of Detroit’s middle-class suburbs are having a... Continue Reading

If you are a Virginia Tech student who loves the mountains and valleys that surround the campus, and are looking for a quiet place to enjoy God’s creation, you would probably follow US 460 (main road through Blacksburg) west for about 6 miles, crossing the first range of the Alleghany Mountains (eastern-most Appalachians) and on... Continue Reading

The September 2009 issue of Tabletalk will examine biblical unity among Christians as well as the difference between true and false ecclesiastical unity. Contributors include R.C. Sproul along with Michael Haykin, Gary Johnson, Albert Mohler, Mark Ross, Thomas Schreiner, and Bruce Waltke. Tabletalk features articles about topics central to the Christian faith and daily, in-depth... Continue Reading

Canada Water News Canada Water has been blessed through the work of the Spirit; no doubt your prayers have been needed and hitting the mark. In the past few months we have had other births, many engagements, and in addition to Aidan’s Baptism (see Baby News below), we also baptized a 50-year-old British man named... Continue Reading

The following is a special prayer letter from Ed and Debby Read who are serving as the Richmond, Va., area representatives for the Christian Medical and Dental Society. Ed is a family practice and emergency services physicians and his wife, Debby is a nurse. My wife and I first met them in an Officers Christian... Continue Reading

Sometimes God has to uproot before he brings growth. On September 1, 2007, Faith Presbyterian PCA made a move from Warren, Minn., to the city of Grand Forks, becoming the only PCA congregation in North Dakota. Since that time, the Lord has enabled them to reach new people, add new members, and call the church’s... Continue Reading

The following is from the “Report of the Committee on Christian Education and Publications to the 37th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America”: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind (by changing the way you think), that by testing you may discern what is... Continue Reading

The following is from the “Report of the Covenant College to the 37th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America”: Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Covenant College community, I offer this annual report as testimony to God’s blessing during the 2007-2008 year. Amid... Continue Reading