“…giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father  in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Ephesians 5:20 ESV) “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!” (Psalm 100:4 ESV) I saw it on my first trip to the heart of India in 1998. I was in the city…

For this week’s blog post, I wanted to share Global Training Network’s brand new 10th Anniversary Vision video (which we shared for the first time at our recent Banquet). Enjoy!  

“Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!” (David Livingstone  – 19th Century Missionary to Africa) “Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.” (C.H. Spurgeon) “I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.” (Dwight L. Moody) “I have often repented of speech but…

“Life on earth is the preface to the book, the warm up to the concert. Heaven is the main event!” (Randy Alcorn)  “Joy is the serious business of heaven….In heaven, we will be strong, radiant, wise, beautiful and drenched in joy!” (C.S. Lewis) “Let temporal things serve your use, but the eternal be the object…

Recently I came across an excellent article so rich, so potent, and so profound that I want to pass it along to everyone I know so that they can benefit and be blessed by it just as I have been.  This week’s blog post is an example of one of those “rich, potent, profound” articles. It was written by Jared C. Wilson, a well-known author…

Have you heard the term “gospel-centered” recently? If you read much within evangelical circles, I’m sure you have. I use the term quite often as I describe the ministry of Global Training Network. Recently I came across a great article by Dane Ortlund that describes beautifully what “Gospel-Centered” means. I think you will find Ortlund’s thoughts like a cold drink of…

Francis A. Schaeffer, in his book, The Church Before a Watching World, wrote the following… “If we stress the love of God without the holiness of God, it turns out only to be compromise.  But if we stress the holiness of God without the love of God, we practice something that is hard and lacks beauty.  And it is important to show forth beauty before a lost…

Having taken most of the Summer months off from my blog, I thought I would begin this Fall season with a topic that I think is extremely relevant and applicable to our daily lives. The subject? What does Scripture say about how we are to treat one another – specifically as brothers and sisters in…

What can we do for the Christians that are being persecuted so savagely in Iraq? If you are like me, I like specifics…they help me to grab a hold of a specific action…and actually do something that will potentially help the situation. Recently, Philip Nation wrote a helpful blog post on this very topic: Like many believers around the world, I…

“Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.” (Joni Eareckson Tada) “Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.” (Tim Keller) “There are times when God asks nothing of his children except silence, patience and tears.”  (Charles Seymour Robinson) “Faith does not…