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The concept of holiness literature as a form of art had never occurred to me until the day I walked across Goree Island with a young Senegalese man named Daniel. I had been attempting to share my dreams for literature ministry in Africa when Daniel began telling of the change literature had made in…

The Church of the Nazarene, while being a well-respected denomination, has also been referred to as a family. It is true, we are family, and our family benefits when we get together. Looking back to the formation of this family, we see that the bonds of unity were formed by people and groups…

When we speak about God's amazing grace, His unmerited favor extended to all people everywhere, we generally think of ourselves as recipients. Indeed, we receive God's grace throughout our lives—prevenient grace that draws us to Him, grace that saves and sanctifies, and healing, restoring, and…

Sometimes people ask me how general superintendents survive the demands of the assignment, referring to the thousands of miles we travel, the countless decisions we make, and the basic acts of serving in such a confusing world. Since my retirement begins in August, I have been thinking. How do any…

The world recently marveled at photographs from the surface of Mars. The eye-popping images represented an impressive combination of vision and technology. During the long traverse through space, the vessels carrying the Mars rovers experienced many course adjustments to insure pinpoint accuracy…

The value of a college education is well documented. In addition to the increased knowledge and personal satisfaction obtained through education, surveys show that a U.S. college graduate (when compared with a high school graduate): Earns nearly twice as much in their lifetime Has better health…

My friend Peg fell in her apartment hurting her right leg badly several weeks ago, and was hospitalized with serious complications. A tiny lady of 92, I became acquainted with her when we ate together at the retirement facility. I liked Peg. Perhaps it was her New England accent, her interesting…

In the November/December 2007 issue of Holiness Today, the article about C.W. Ruth by Stan Ingersol stimulated my memory to the degree that I began to jot down some notes about some of my early days. My father was a medical doctor, well known in the Northwest, and my mother was a registered nurse…

Stéphane Tibi (ST) is from Paris, France. His wife, Sandra, is Swiss but has lived in many Near Eastern countries. While completing his MDiv degree at Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS), he worked in what was World Mission Literature (WML). After being involved in pre-field training at in Kansas…

I recently read that currently 2.2 billion people worldwide identify themselves as Christians. That is an impressive number, especially considering the many Christians that have previously walked this earth and have gone on to glory in the last 2,000 plus years. However, one must remember that even…