In the latter part of the 17th century, German preacher August H. Francke founded an orphanage to care for the homeless children of Halle. One day when Francke desperately needed funds to carry on his work, a destitute Christian widow came to his door begging for a ducat, a gold coin. Because of his financial […]
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E. M. Bounds on page 53 of his book Preacher and Prayer wrote, “Prayer, to the preacher, is not simply the duty of his profession, a privilege, but it is a necessity. Air is not more necessary to the lungs than prayer is to the preacher. It is absolutely necessary for the preacher to pray. […]
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After leaving Mount Horeb in the Sinai Peninsula, Elijah travelled north to Israel. The parched land was now putting on the garb of a new spring. The drought was over and the rains were softening the cracked soil. Farmers were busy plowing and planting their fields. Half way between the Dead Sea and the Sea […]
During the ministry of Elisha in the O.T., king Benhadad of Syria and his army surrounded the Israelite capital city of Samaria to starve the people into surrendering. The famine was so bad that donkey’s heads and bird poo sold for large sums of money. People even began eating their own children. It was during […]