MOSCOW It’s not exactly the River of Jordan, but that isn’t stopping Russian Orthodox believers from plunging into the icy Moscow River in their traditional Epiphany celebration.Braving temperatures of minus 25 degrees Celsius (minus 13 Fahrenheit), hoards queued overnight and into dawn Tuesday to dunk themselves into a hole in the ice in Moscow and rise [...]

“Speak to one another in psalms, hymns of praise and spiritual songs. Singing and making melody to the Lord with all my heart.” (Ephesians 6:48) When visiting a grandmother, I asked him what he usually did every day. Among the activities that he mentioned was “read the biblical” and “play a musical instrument”. At the [...]

SEOUL, South Korea  An American Christian missionary slipped into isolated North Korea on Christmas Day, shouting that he brought God’s love and carrying a letter urging leader Kim Jong Il to step down and free all political prisoners, an activist said.Robert Park, 28, crossed a poorly guarded stretch of the frozen Tumen River that separates [...]

Perhaps the church has appointed the wrong man for this job. I’m not ready to serve the Lord. After all, what can I offer to God? A valuable not like me, what can he do with me? “Be strong and of good courage, for you who will lead this nation has a land which I [...]

Have you ever been in a difficult situation, and you look to God, but it became more difficult circumstances?In the three New Testament Gospels, noted a story of a father who may have lost his faith many times.First, the father brought his son who possessed the disciples, but they can not drive out demons. The [...]

“My lord weighed in the balance and found too light”Daniel 5:27In a scientific experiment in school, we use a scale to determine the weight of an object by comparing it with predetermined weight. The purpose of this exercise is to balance the scales with a weight equal on both sides of the scales. If not [...]