1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, Don’t you see all these things? Verily I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone on another, that shall not [Continue]

I was sixteen years old and was working on a farm for a man and his family of nine children. This man was a very quiet, but deep thinking Christian, who enjoyed sitting around the warm living room fire at night with all of his children singing songs and telling stories together. My job was [Continue]

By Escott Brostrom, Rock Island, Illinois On a hot summer sunday afternoon, my wife and I had been invited to a swimming party at the home of some friends. With our two children in the care of my grandmother, Cherie and I felt as free as the breeze.  As I stood on the diving board, [Continue]

—By Marilynn and William Webber It has been years since Opal Housley was a girl living on a farm near Inola, Oklahoma. One event from her teen years is still as clear as the day it happened. Opal’s father had taken the wagon to town, leaving his wife and daughter to do the chores. Opal [Continue]

In the year 1858, Hudson Taylor’s mission in China was beginning to reach some of the Chinese people with the gospel.  There was Neng-kuei the basket-maker, Wang the farmer and Tsui the teacher. One evening, a Mr. Ni passed by the open door where the bell was being rung to announce the time for Bible [Continue]