God's Glory Church

“Thus says the Lord God: Repent, and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations!” — Ezekiel 14:6 “Do you see that, Brother Tim?” A friend of mine, a Ghanaian pastor, shined a torch on a carved object standing near the dugout. “This is the idol of the village,” (…)

“Your brother will rise!” —John 11:23 While in a small West African town, my American pastor arrived on time for the 10 a.m. Sunday service. However, there was no one in the church hall. He decided to wait. One hour. Two. Finally, around half past one in the morning, the local pastor arrived at the (…)

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the truth, for they will be fed.” — Matthew 5:6 The gruesome assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. occurred at the height of the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. However, only four days later, his widow, Coretta Scott King, bravely led a peaceful protest (…)

“I will rejoice in the Lord… I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!” — Habakkuk 3:18 Monika fervently prayed that her son would return to God. She cried because of his unholy way of life and even searched for him in the different cities where he chose to live. The situation seemed hopeless. (…)

“Lord, deliver my soul from a lying lip, from a treacherous tongue!” — Psalm 119:2 “The Christian consciousness begins with the painful realization that what we believed to be the truth turned out to be a lie,” wrote Eugene Peterson in his profound reflections on Psalm 119. This psalm is the first of the “songs (…)

“For I myself would like to be separated from Christ instead of my brothers, my relatives in the flesh.” — Romans 9:3 “People stood up to the most powerful monarchs and refused to bow to them,” noted the philosopher and author Hannah Arendt (1906–1975). “However, there are few,” she added, “who can really stand up (…)

“Do not weep! Here is the Lion who from the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has won.” — Revelation 5:5 For more than six decades, news reporter Paul Harvey has been a familiar voice on American radio. Six days a week, he spoke in a colorful voice: “You know the news, and in (…)

“My God sent His Angel and closed the mouths of the lions.” — Daniel 6:23 After believing in Jesus, Taher and his wife, Donya, knew that they could face persecution in their country. Indeed, one day Thacher was arrested blindfolded and handcuffed and accused of apostasy. Even before the court session, he and Doña decided (…)

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you.” — Isaiah 43:1 For an illustration during the sermon, I went to a beautiful painting that the artist had created of a church scene and drew a dark line down the middle of the canvas. The church community gasped in surprise. At the same time, the artist just (…)

“If someone … begins to preach about another Jesus, about whom we did not preach … then you would gladly tolerate it.” — 2 Corinthians 11:4 The hubbub in the room gradually turned into complete silence as the book club leader began to briefly outline the novel the group was to discuss. My friend Joana (…)