Year of the Bible

When I arrived to the United States in 2004 to study at La Sierra University (Calif.), two main obstacles stood in my way: How would I pay for my tuition, and how would I adjust to American culture?

I was teaching at the local church school when I met him. He was a single father. Most mornings he drove his daughter, niece and nephew to school.

Jesus came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. It is the enemy that comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10).

I imagine Paul saying to Silas, straining his eyes to discern his face through the desperate midnight darkness: “Silas, we’re in a tough situation. There is no way of escape, so let’s just start singing praises.”