Divinity Mixed with the Human Mess
By Courtney Lott - I spent a rainy January morning weeping into the pages of a children’s book. It’s called The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse. Though simple on the surface, the drawings and uplifting sayings from the pen of Charlie Mackesy struck me...
Legacy and Friendship
By Steve Beard - Over the last several months, Good News lost two warm-hearted Christian friends who played important roles in the legacy of this ministry. Both writer Marilyn N. Anderes and the Rev. William Mason recently passed away and will be dearly missed by...
Archive: Why does God allow suffering
Archive: Why does God allow suffering By Nicky Gumbel November/December 2001 Good News Glenn Chambers, a young New Yorker, had a lifelong dream to work for God in Ecuador. At the airport on the day of departure, he wanted to send a note to his mother, but he didn’t...
Archive: Throwing a Lifeline to Church Dropouts
Archive: Throwing a Lifeline to Church Dropouts By Richard Ostling July/August 2001 Good News During a lifetime cut off from organized religion, Aubrey “Mac” McCray had gone through three failed marriages and three desperate tries with Alcoholics Anonymous before he...
Archive: Evangelism for a New Era
Archive: Evangelism for a New Era By Nicky Gumbel March/April 2001 Good News I have never been a natural evangelist. I have never found it easy to talk to my friends about Jesus Christ. Some people are completely natural evangelists; they find it the easiest thing in...
Archive: How Shall We Pray for Revival
Archive: How Shall We Pray for Revival By Nicky Gumbel January/February 2001 Good News “I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, They will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he...
Archive: Praise the Lord and Pass the Lasagna
Archive: Praise the Lord and Pass the Lasagna By Steve Beard September/October 2000 Good News In what must be one of the most audacious and ambitious plans ever hatched by a local congregation, the parishioners of Holy Trinity Brompton Anglican Church in London have...
Archive: The Power of Prayer
Archive: The Power of Prayer By Sundo Kim (1930-2022) Good News January/February 2000 While some may respond with skepticism and hesitation about church growth in the new millennium, I believe the potential for growth is tremendous. God will continue to bless churches...
