We are excited to release three new Heroes titles from authors Janet and Geoff Benge: Richard Wurmbrand: Love Your Enemies and Charles Mulli: We Are Family from the Christian Heroes: Then & Now series, and Ernest Shackleton: Going South from the Heroes of History series. Here’s an excerpt from Richard Wurmbrand: Love Your Enemies: After a month of lying …
by Ken Barnes It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. Psalms 127:2 NASB Worry is a form of unbelief. When God assigns us a task to do, anxiety can set in as to …
by Ken Barnes And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, “Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!” And when the Ark was set down, he would say, “Return, O Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel!” (Numbers 10:35-36 NLT) In this portion of Scripture, the Lord sets …
by Ken Barnes The fear of the Lord leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil. Proverbs 19:23 (NASB) Satisfying sleep can be a scarce commodity when our decision-making process is influenced primarily by pride. On the Big Island of Hawaii, I once learned that spiritual attacks at night can be …
By Luann Anderson, editor at YWAM Publishing There’s one item I never forget when packing for summer vacation: a good book. In fact, I usually bring a whole stack of books when I travel. My husband Dorr loves to read as well, and so together we enjoy uninterrupted times of reading in between playing, eating, … Continue reading
By Luann Anderson, Editor at YWAM Publishing My 79-year-old father is an excellent hands-on tradesman. For as long as I can remember, he’s served as his own contractor for myriad demolition, design, and building projects. He’s fostered many practical labor skills in his five children as well. I have vivid childhood memories of helping my … Continue reading
By Luann Anderson, Editor at YWAM Publishing Early in the morning of September 29, 1982, a twelve-year-old Illinois girl died after taking a capsule of Extra Strength Tylenol. Six others who took the medicine also died. Soon investigators discovered a link to the medication. Someone had entered supermarkets and drugstores over several weeks, removed packages … Continue reading
Vinnie Carafano, author of the Intensive Discipleship Course (IDC), knows a thing or two about young people. He and his wife, Jodie, live in El Paso, Texas, and have four children and scores of spiritual children—teens and young adults they have guided in becoming disciples of Jesus. Vinnie was the youth pastor of Jesus Chapel … Continue reading
By Luann Anderson, editor at YWAM Publishing My introduction to horseback riding took place at the young age of seven, when my mom signed me up for Girl Scouts. I was content to become part of a wholesome organization—weekly meetings, community projects, and cookie selling—but what I really wanted out of the experience was to … Continue reading
Dr. Ida Scudder (1870–1960) courageously and compassionately took on the challenge of treating women who were dying in India. She pioneered a first-rate medical school and hospital, brought life-saving health care to rural people, and left and inspiring legacy that still touches millions of people each year with healing and hope. One of our readers, … Continue reading
By Luann Anderson, editor at YWAM Publishing My eighteen-year-old daughter Rebekah, a foodie like me, appreciates good cuisine all year round. Birthday celebrations, however, take it up a notch, and in our family, every detail of the menu is selected by the birthday honoree. Last year Rebekah ordered fresh crab (we cook them live), artichokes … Continue reading
By Ryan Davis, editor at YWAM Publishing Each year YWAM Publishing produces the Personal Prayer Diary and Daily Planner. Selecting topics and writing articles months or even a year in advance of publication can be a difficult task. Simply put, we don’t know what exactly we should be instructing people to pray about in the … Continue reading
Here’s another great addition to our best-selling Christian Heroes: Then & Now series: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) As Dietrich sang the German national anthem, he contemplated the devastation Hitler and the Nazis were perpetrating on Europe. Dietrich would do whatever he could to stop them, even if it meant pulling the trigger on the führer himself. … Continue reading
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