July 2019

Ilse Dering was born September 18, 1934, in Riga, Latvia—a little known country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is little known to us because it was occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, only regaining its independence more than fifty years later. She was the youngest of seven children of [...]

A spiritual youth convention was conducted over four days, from the 24th to the 28th of April 2019, at the church grounds in Toongabbie, Sydney, Australia. The church members prayed for weeks for this youth convention to be a special, deep heart-searching, spiritual convention due to the lateness of the hour and the time of [...]

The light of a beautiful Sabbath was fast fading, and the last golden gleams fell softly upon the form of a light-haired little girl who sat by a cottage window, her head leaning upon her hand as if deep in thought. The sun had departed like a grand old monarch, leaving behind him a glory [...]

There are over 3000 additives that are approved for use in processed foods; the average American household spends almost 90% of their food budget on processed foods. It has gotten to the point that in order to decipher the many ingredients in processed foods, the consumer would need a chemistry degree. Unfortunately, many of these [...]

Ask yourself, “Are you the faithful Christian you claim to be? It is very sad but true, that many Christians are like chameleons. When they are at church they act like Christians. When they are out in the world, they act like the world. You need to realize that people are watching you because they [...]

We have an expression in English, “Are you out of your mind?” When someone has done something ridiculously foolish, you ask them in jest, “Are you out of your mind?” When someone has done something really annoying that you think is ill-advised  and uncalled for, you ask them in anger or in a derogatory manner, [...]

One day a father and his son took a trip to the city and visited a wealthy friend and his family. The father was a bit worried since they lived on a farm in the countryside and came from a simple family. On their return, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” His [...]

There are two kingdoms, Christ’s kingdom and Satan’s kingdom, and they both want to have us in their kingdom. Therefore, there is a terrible war raging in our world today between Christ and Satan—the two greatest powers in the universe. The battleground is our hearts; and we will decide which side will win us. “The [...]