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Saturday, April 26th, 2008Evangelical Theological Seminary in Kiev, Ukraine
The AP reported today:
Dozens of mourners gathered in the Ukrainian capital on Saturday to mark 22 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Holding candles and portraits of relatives, the mourners laid flowers at a memorial to victims of the accident.
Reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl, in what is now northern Ukraine, exploded […]
In the News: Praying to the Dead
Thursday, April 24th, 2008The AP reported today from San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy:
The body of Padre Pio, a hugely popular Italian saint, goes on public display Thursday in a southern Italian town where thousands have gathered to pray to the mystic monk….
This kind of woeful superstition and benighted religion persists in much of the world. Unfortunately, this is […]
Some Compelling People From My Trips
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Ethnic Groups Impacting the AG
Monday, March 17th, 2008“I wish every pastor and Assemblies of God lay person could have been in the room the day we met with the Ethnicity Commission and heard the reports of what God is doing,” General Superintendent George O. Wood told me following the annual meeting of The Commission on Ethnicity, December 5, 2007.
“I was moved with […]
A Letter From Roland L. Peretti
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Monday I received the following letter from Roland L. Peretti, who served as District Superintendent of the Alaska District from 1992-2000. I wanted to share this gracious and informative missive with our readers, especially those who remember my articles on Alaska.
February 19, 2008
Dear Rev. Horn
I enjoyed reading the article, “Alaska The gospel runs through […]
Two Friends Named Paul
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008My friend Paul Veliquette, pastor of the Windsor (Colo.) Assembly of God, wrote our Daily Boost devotional today. Daily Boost is a devotional that TPE puts out every weekday, available both online or by free email subscription.
Paul’s devotional is of special interest to me because it is about a mutual friend who is no longer […]
Second Zollie Smith Podcast Available Today
Monday, February 11th, 2008Part 2 of my interview with Zollie Smith, executive director of Assemblies of God U.S. Missions, is now available on TPExtra, the podcast of Today’s Pentecostal Evangel. Listen now.
God Moving in Iraq
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008I’m feeling pretty unworthy right about now. This morning, our guest speaker at our weekly chapel service at Headquarters was an Iraqi pastor who leads a church in Baghdad, Iraq. Conditions are much better for believers there since the fall of Sadam Hussein, but there is still significant persecution, so I will not share his […]
Missionary Gary Miller Honored
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Gary Miller and I attended Bethany College of the Assemblies of God together … many years ago. After Bethany, Gary and his wife, Connie, followed the Lord onto the mission field, serving, among other places, in Costa Rica and Belize. Through the years, as he itinerated, he came to preach at the churches I pastored.
Two […]
Burkina Faso
Saturday, January 12th, 2008Our managing editor, Kirk Noonan, is on assignment in the West African Country of Burkina Faso. It has been four years since I had the privilege of traveling there to do a story for our World Missions Edition. I look forward to Kirk’s upcoming article, which will update the remarkable move of God occurring there.
Here […]
