Born in Northwestern Germany in 1931, Max Lange was indoctrinated in the Hitler Youth as a young boy. When his Lutheran pastor in April 1945 denounced Hitler and the Nazis from the pulpit for the crimes against the Jews, Max didn’t believe it. He used to warn his mother against the crime of secretly listening to the BBC. At age 22, Lange went to work in Liberia where he met … [Read more...] about Dr. Max Lange, founder of Childcare Worldwide
Giving thanks for Dr Neil Yorkston, a prayer warrior with a gracious spirit
Jesus shone through his smile and the twinkle in Dr. Neil Yorkston’s eyes. He loved the Lord and he loved people. When he took your hands, it was like Christ was reaching out to you with His compassion and kindness. Yorkston was a great prayer warrior with a gentle, gracious spirit. He was born in 1928 to China Inland Mission missionary parents in Yunnan-Fu, … [Read more...] about Giving thanks for Dr Neil Yorkston, a prayer warrior with a gracious spirit
Abraham Lincoln’s freeing encounter with Christ
At Mount Rushmore, Abraham Lincoln’s face is chiseled into the rockface. Leo Tolstoy called him “a Christ in miniature, a saint of humanity.” Historian David S. Reynolds remarked there was only one historical figure, Jesus Christ, with more books written about him than Lincoln. Why have more than 14,000 books been written about Abraham Lincoln since his death in … [Read more...] about Abraham Lincoln’s freeing encounter with Christ
The Jesus of Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago
Have you noticed in our ‘woke’ western world that communism is once again becoming thinkable and even trendy for some? Alexander Solzhenitsyn commented: “For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.” It is time to read Solzhenitsyn’s epic book Gulag Archipelago. Solzhenitsyn spent nine years interviewing two hundred … [Read more...] about The Jesus of Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago
One day in the life of Solzhenitsyn, the weeping prophet
Are there modern-day prophets, or did that all cease when the bible was completed? Prophecy will cease one day when Jesus, the perfect one, returns to take us home (1st Corinthians 13:10). In the meantime, we see prophets like Alexander Solzhenitsyn who challenged both eastern and western worldviews. Solzhenitsyn was still in the womb when his Russian father died … [Read more...] about One day in the life of Solzhenitsyn, the weeping prophet