Between Punk Rock and a Hard Place
29. September 2017
I purchased a music CD the summer I was 15. My world was changed, and my life set on a direction that I never would have imagined. The CD was a ...
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A Bird’s-Eye View
07. August 2017
Editor’s note: Barb McCune’s testimony appeared in the May/June issue. I have now lived more than half of my life in the United States. My ...
“Am I Going to Die?”
31. May 2017
For [death] is the end of every man, and the living takes it to heart. (Eccl. 7:2) “Mommy, am I going to die?” I asked as I lay in bed, ...
Running the Race
08. March 2017
I crouched at the starting line, poised, every nerve taut. This was it. No turning back. The shimmering heat and starting gun rose slowly, silently ...
Till Now the Lord Has Helped Us
25. January 2017
Everyone’s Abnormal “No one’s perfect, you know.” This is not a good excuse when you’re trying to get yourself off the hook for having done ...
Hope to a Snoozing, Struggling Sinner
30. November 2016
As I sat near the front of the Calvin College auditorium, Dave Long came to the podium to preach on Jeremiah 1. It was an evening worship service at ...
A Goat-Raising Professor-Attorney-Coach
16. September 2016
When I was a child, my family took in foster children. I was exposed to the harsh realities of broken families when we took in a four-year-old boy ...
A Godly Heritage
18. July 2016
When asked where I grew up, my typical answer is “in America.” I was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and lived in Barnet, Vt., and Oakdale, Ill., before ...
I Feel Like A Miracle
13. May 2016
I am a 54-year-old Christian who is recovering from a life of sin, alcohol, & drug abuse. The reason I am alive today is because God has a purpose ...
A Light in an Outcast’s Basement
23. March 2016
Sitting on the floor of a dimly lit basement in a rented house in Buffalo, N.Y., bleary-eyed and defeated, I watched the phone as it rang. My reflexes ...
Longing for a Better Country
04. January 2016
Where is my home? In my journey with the Lord so far, the answer to this question has not been a simple one. I have had many homes: one comfortable ...
One Step Forward to Follow the Call
02. November 2015
I was born and raised in China, and I was trained, as most Chinese children of the time, to be an atheist. This training successfully kept me from any ...
To a Generation That Seeks Him
11. September 2015
Tracing my family’s history for the last century and more, I was struck how Providence worked through seemingly chance things to bring a Christian ...
The Restoration of a Black Metal Christian
11. September 2015
The Foltz home is a place of refuge. It’s a place where those who have nowhere else to turn can come to recover, be restored, and find repentance. ...
God’s Grace in God’s Time
15. July 2015
My father lived for five years with a severe head injury after his accident. Even after he had trouble recognizing his own children, I could say to ...
Out of the Congo
06. May 2015
I was born in Kamituga, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in April 1965. I grew up in a family of 10 children; I was the ...
Serving Christ in a Visual World
06. March 2015
As a photographer and a Christian, I see things differently. When I go for a walk, I take note of how the glowing sky combines colors. When someone ...
My Comfort in Affliction
06. March 2015
Nine years ago I was playing rugby as a freshman at the U.S. Naval Academy. I leaned over a girl I had just tackled and she stood suddenly, driving at ...
Those Flashes of Light
05. November 2014
Years ago, my father wanted me to give my testimony at his church during a food giveaway. I had no idea what he was talking about—until my ...
For the Glory of God’s Holy Name
17. September 2014
This is the testimony of Tomoko Sakai, a member of Higashisuma RPC in Kobe, Japan, as related by Kumiko Kudo, a member of Kitasuzurandai Mission ...