This week’s Border Watch piece is a reflection on the lives of Elisabeth and Jim Elliot, Elisabeth having died during the last week. The paper titled this ‘Lives Sacrificed To Help Strangers’. The story is more amazing than any work of fiction. Elisabeth and Jim Elliot were newly married in 1953. They had spent their …
Elisabeth Elliot died on June 15 at the age of 88. Search around the internet; there are tributes of all types all over the place. My favourite quote from doing some research today. From Shadow Of The Almighty: “One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered …
I’ve got to confess that sometimes I have no idea where these articles are going to end up. This ended up as a complete rewrite of the second half. The Border Watch decided to give me a sub-title this week: Life Unexpected – Faith Offers A Pathway Through Pain. A taxi driver in Britain thought …
A helpful article on ministering to folk whose spiritual lives seem to be constant struggle. If you’ve been in ministry long enough, you’ll find yourself helping someone whose problems never seem to abate. You repeatedly remind them of the gospel and of who they are in Christ. For a while, they seem to find some …
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