Author Archive for: Chip

Have you heard the 2,000 year old parable of the Chinese farmer? A Chinese farmer gets a horse, which soon runs away. The neighbor says that it is bad news, but the farmer replies, “Good news, bad news, who can say?” The horse comes back and brings another horse with him. Good news, some might say. The farmer gives the

This is an alert from the field – food is desperately needed in Afghanistan. The times are so desperate that people are selling parts of their bodies to survive. Little girls as young as 4 or 5 years old are being sold as brides to old men and that bride payment is being used to keep the family alive for

Over the Easter weekend, Eugene wrote a special article sharing some thoughts he had about Easter. Eugene thought most of the BTJ audience would be in agreement that the event celebrated for Easter was not controversial. However, this does not appear to be a universal truth. Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection, but some Christians don’t like the

This month, according to the Muslim calendar, is Ramadan. Ramadan fasting is an Islamic tradition practiced by Muslims from all around the world. This period of fasting is when Muslims refrain from consuming food and drinks from dawn until dusk for the entire month. The price of food is very high in Afghanistan so many people there are struggling to

Testing is a way for us to measure where we are. Many of us have experienced both victory and failure at the same time – can these two states exist at the same time in the same place? Can we desire to follow God and run away from God at the same time? Andrei – a BTJ hacker from Romania

Eugene and Mariam are on a book tour in the USA for Mariam’s new book, Shackled: One Woman’s Dramatic Triumph Over Persecution, Gender Abuse, and a Death Sentence. During this interview, Mariam shares that it took 7 years for her to finally write her story. Mariam has come under attack from many people, and has started to realize that there