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I regularly get expressions of thanks for the many freely shareable Bible translations that we post online. These thanks really belong to all who support and pray for us and to God who enables all of us to do what we do. Here is an email that we received last week: Dear Michael, Thank you …
Read More Gratitude from GhanaBut someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?” You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies. That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some …
Read More Resurrection Power!We are grateful for your prayers for Lori’s eyesight and your encouragement. Lori has returned safely from Vietnam and seen three different eye doctors, here, including a retina specialist in Honolulu. She has vitreous hemorrhaging that results blood in the eye blocking both Lori’s vision and the doctors’ view of the retina. So far, it …
Read More Quick UpdateLori kayaking with her friend, Michelle, in Vietnam Lori went on a vacation in Vietnam with her teacher friend, Michelle, just for fun. Don’t worry. The trip was funded by Lori’s public school retirement pay, not our mission donations. While there, she suddenly lost vision in her left eye. She can still see with her …
Read More Please Pray for LoriScribe copying Scripture in Greek The Septuagint is the oldest existing translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek. We were blessed with a gift of not just the text of the Greek Septuagint, but an audio recording of it as well, complete with permission to share it. It was translated starting in the 3rd century …
Read More What is the Septuagint?Does spiritual warfare affect tech? I’m pretty sure it does. Last Friday night (the 13th of February 2026), Lori and I just got home from church, and I was getting ready to relax. Then I discovered that our main web server was offline. This single computer hosts all of our Bible distribution web sites, our …
Read More Bible Web Sites ResurrectedIt could be today, or it could be years from now that Jesus comes again. Regardless, I want to please Jesus with doing His work in His way whenever He comes. Keeping this in mind helps me keep focused on what is truly important. Our greatest treasure truly is in our relationship with Father God. …
Read More Are you ready for Jesus’ return?When I look at all that God has done through us, I am amazed. Honestly, there have been times when I felt overburdened. Those must have been the times that I got distracted by burdens that weren’t from the Lord. Now I am getting better at hearing from the Lord what to work on and …
Read More An Easy BurdenSeeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and taught them, saying, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven…” See Matthew 5-7. What will 2026 bring? There is a lot that I don’t know, …
Read More Have a Blessed New Year!When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.—Matthew 2:10-11 (WEB) Jesus Himself was the first Christmas gift. Another example …
Read More Giving SeasonThe Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14 WEB Christmas is many things to many people, but I like to focus on celebrating this most amazing fact: God came to live among us …
Read More The Word Became FleshWe are happy to be serving the Lord! Photo by Rachel. In Papua New Guinea, in the Tok Pisin language, age is normally given as the number of Christmases someone has celebrated. Lori and I are happy to be celebrating another Christmas together! For us, Christmas is about celebrating the Son of God becoming a …
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