New Year’s resolution: make the Gospel clear
(Editor’s note: With the start of the New Year, it’s a great time to prayerfully renew our resolution to “make the best use of the time” we have with those who do not yet understand or believe the Gospel. (Colossians 4:5). Here’s a story of a couple whose resolution spanned many years as they reached […]
What problems come about from assuming too much when we share the message of the Bible?
“I gotta get going!” Anthony* tossed the phrase into the discussion with a shrug and a backwards step. Then he bolted out of sight around the corner without so much as a wave. He did not return. A familiar sense of frustration crept in as I watched Anthony disappear… I recalled my teenage years when […]
Where in the Scriptures does it say that God told Cain and Abel to bring a blood sacrifice?
Question: Where in the Scriptures does it say that God told Cain and Abel to bring a blood sacrifice? My Bible footnotes say that the problem was with Cain’s attitude, not the sacrifice—that a bloodless offering was quite acceptable. Brief Answer: We know from Hebrews 11:4 that God considered Cain’s sacrifice the wrong sacrifice. The […]
Look and Ponder
In celebration of Christmas–remembering the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ–we want to share Look and Ponder, a poem written by John Cross and featured as a song in our upcoming musical, No Ordinary Story. We wish you and yours a truly blessed Christmas!
“A very good Christmas gift for Malawians”
Beginning today, 160 believers from villages around the African country of Malawi will be taught how to share the Good News using the recently completed translation of the book What are Christmas and Easter all About? The translator who did the work to translate this resource from English into Chichewa, the national language of Malawi, sent […]
Idaho office renovation
This week our USA staff are working together to remodel the GoodSeed office in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. A little paint, new carpet, and improved display areas will go a long way to freshening up the main entrance. When completed, it will be better suited for when people from the community stop by to visit or […]
In NYC and cold toward God
(Editor’s note: It’s Christmas! Here’s how one grandma is planning to make the most of her trip to New York City to reconnect with her family.) Beatrice* was excited when she called the other day to tell about her upcoming trip to visit her son and grandchildren in New York for Christmas. Her son had […]
You guys sure have a lot of God stuff!
One day, my wife and I were caring for a six-year-old boy in our home as a way of helping out the boy’s dad, a single parent. The boy emerged wide-eyed from our storage room where we kept our visual aids for teaching and in an excited, matter-of-fact voice declared, “You guys sure have a […]
Couldn’t be easier to use!
Recently, a pastor sent us an encouraging review of The Stranger Leader’s Guide found in the Worldview Rethink Curriculum Box. Our curriculum team was so encouraged by it and we wanted to share it.
Big plans for small towns in Alberta’s North
Our curiosity got the better of us this week when an order came into our Canada office. The man wanted 2500 copies of the book, What are Christmas and Easter All About? We discovered that big plans are in motion to share the gospel with families of First Nation communities in Northern Alberta this Christmas. […]