I was born in Ottawa, ON, Canada on February 23, 1943, in the middle of World War II. I was my mom’s first child, and the first grandchild of my dad’s parents who we lived with all during the war. For a time, I was the “fair haired boy,” that is until my dad who had...
I was raised in a “God-fearing” home, although as my brothers and I grew up our parents did not read Scripture to us or teach us the gospel. We were taught what was right, and that we needed to be in church every week. We went to Protestant churches, usually the...
Why is a settled assurance of salvation so difficult for some genuine believers to experience? I read in the Belfast Telegraph recently (a Northern Ireland newspaper), an interview with an evangelical man in Northern Ireland. He indicated that he never had any crisis...
The Testimony of Shane Johnson My salvation story begins in a library and ends in a funeral home, although I now know it started much earlier than that. But from what I remember that day in the library was the first step that guided my feet to the gospel of God. I...
The Testimony of Ian Williams I grew up in a Christian family of eight children in the northern Ontario city of Sudbury. It was not a perfect family, but it was perfect for me. God’s Word was honored in our home; I can remember as a boy about four or five years old...
The grass felt cool and comforting on my back as I laid my head back and closed my eyes. But the pain in my leg raced up and down from my toes to my stomach like the clawing of a furious animal. White haze filled my vision and I felt sick to my stomach. That morning...
Introduction by Paul D. Bramsen: Malick was the first Muslim we saw come to Christ in Senegal (1988). In 1992 Malick became the editor and voice for our Wolof Way of Righteousness radio series. In 1994, he joined me in baptizing our three children in the Senegal...
“That from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus”.2 Timothy 3:15 The above verse applied to Timothy’s salvation, and I think the same is true as far as my own salvation is...
It was February 1946, and the first ship of French war brides had arrived in New York Harbor. Suzanne and Harry Wiegand’s son Pierre wrote about the event for their fiftieth wedding anniversary: “It was a cold but pleasant day with lots of excitement at the dock along...
Growing up in South Africa in a non-Christian family, I did not hear the gospel until I was in my late teens. My mother had passed away suddenly when I was around eight years old, and this impacted our family deeply. My father struggled to cope with the loss and...
“Come and hear, all you who fear God, And I will declare what He has done for my soul.”Psalm 66:16 On the busy corner of St. Peters, in the town of Bedford, England, stands the statue of John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim’s Progress. Behind him at his feet lies the...
Restored and Renewed I was born on a dairy farm in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1950. I was born again at a Christian camp in Ontario twelve years later. My parents were separated when I was just three months old and my mother raised me in Toronto....
How God Touched My Life I was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England in 1947. As a young boy God touched my life in two ways. My grandmother who lived with us always prayed the Lord’s prayer each night before going to bed. I was also in a church choir. A highlight was when...
I grew up in a Christian home on a farm near Stratford, Ontario. There I regularly attended a denominational church but I never remember hearing the gospel. During my high school years, I began to use mild drugs and alcohol, and later at a Toronto college my usage...
I was born into a Christian home in New York City on October 2, 1956, the fourth of five children. At the time my parents were fellowshipping at Grace Gospel Chapel in the Bronx. However, they soon branched off to White Plains, NY, joining with others to start a Sunday School in a garage before […]
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7,8 (ESV) Growing up in a conservative Jewish home was a unique […]
I grew up as a child in a fundamental “churchy” family. We went to church together, were always involved in church-related activities, and were usually present whenever a meeting was scheduled. Every year our fellowship would have a “Decision Day” on a Sunday in September. The Decision Day was when the gospel was preached, and […]
When young I was active in my local synagogue where I had my Bar Mitzvah and was in the youth group. Later in college, I was treasurer of the Hillel Jewish group, but functionally an atheist. I drank heavily and engaged in improper relationships with women but justified this by lowering my standards. I enjoyed […]
On My Desk The Testimony of John Duckhorn On my desk is a picture of a family. The husband is dressed in a military uniform, a good-looking man, proud and smiling. But he was an alcoholic. The woman next to him is sad and unhappy. The children, a girl of seven is smiling because she […]
My parents came to the United States at the age of 18 having been invited by my great aunt, and they worked hard to adapt to the culture and language. Seven years later I came along, adding to the struggles of their lives. My mother, not being very motherly, decided to pack me up and […]