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There are three reasons why we can face the New Year, or the next twenty years, with hope. They are: 1) the Father; 2) the Son; and, yes, 3) the Holy Spirit. Peter tells us to 'always be ready to give...
Hope, Gerard Kelly told his listeners at the Next 20 Years symposium in Amsterdam ten days ago, was the answer to the question, 'what did it mean to be human?'How did we then, as Christians, so lose our vision of...
Under a barrel ceiling dating back to before Christopher Columbus, and facing a stained-glass window depicting the Pilgrim Fathers praying as they left Holland for America via Plymouth on the Mayflower, some 200 friends and staff of YWAM gathered in...
A fundamental rethink of the idea of freedom was needed today, twenty years after millions of East Europeans had been freed from oppressive government. André Rouvoet, Holland's Deputy Prime Minister, told this to an audience of leaders from politics, church...
Sometimes I wonder how many magazines serve the Body of Christ in America, creating conversation and dialogue across the continent. I can think of quite a few off the top of my head. How many serve a similar function in...
No, I'm not a doomsday prophet, but it is true. The end draws nigh-at least, of my twenty years as leader of YWAM in Europe. Next month in Amsterdam, Friday December 11, we hold a symposium and a reception...
Twenty years ago today was probably one of the most significant historical events of my generation. For those too young to remember at the time, or now younger than twenty, it is hard to imagine the sense of incredulity, relief...
Paul's landing on Malta nearly two thousand years ago was a great deal rougher and wetter than mine was last week. But our separate visits to the island had something in common: we both experienced the 'unusual kindness' from the...
A month from now, the world's press will be reminding us of those exciting and heady days twenty years ago, when the Berlin Wall was torn down by sledgehammers and bare hands, and communist regimes across Eastern Europe came tumbling...
Daniel the exile had a remarkable political career. He survived and prospered during the reigns of four of the most powerful men in the ancient world. His story offers great inspiration and encouragement for 21st century believers. His life is...