The Great Commission is our Mission.
We see a lot of fighting going on in this world: wars, political battles, battles over moral issues, tribalism, domestic violence, violent crime, and more. What we don’t see in the usual news is the unseen spiritual dimension behind all of this trouble. Of course, people are involved, and that is bad enough with our …
Read More Spiritual WarfareThis week was one of taking care of a lot of little tasks: None of those things, by themselves, seem like much, at least to me. Sometimes mission work involves taking care of personal health, maintaining the house where we make our home and my office, helping others do the ministry God called them to, …
Read More Little Things Add UpMap of the Federated States of Micronesia with arrows pointing to Satawal and Nukuoro islands This week, we got two more Micronesian Bible translations online: Nukoro and Satawalese. Both are for languages originating on small atolls among the Caroline Islands. See the red arrows pointing to tiny dots on the map, above. These are fairly …
Read More Two More Micronesian Translations OnlinePile of junk mail (photo copyright by Judith E. Bell CC BY SA) We love to keep in touch with those people whom God has called to support us with finances and/or prayer. Email is one way we do that. This is hard for a variety of reasons, including getting caught in the crossfire of …
Read More Spam Wars and Prayer LettersTopographic map of Turkey This week, I got an encouraging email from a dear friend, Bible translator, and pastor in Turkey. That is a land where there are a lot of people who don’t yet know the Good News about Jesus Christ. I thought you would be encouraged by the testimonies he shared. As financial …
Read More Delight in TurkeyInductive Bible study that I was leading in Papua New Guinea in 2010. There were people from many language groups attending, but all of them were fluent in English or Tok Pisin or both. I instructed in both languages (interpreting for myself). Now, in 2025 in the U. S. A., my in-person inductive Bible studies …
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