Sharing Jesus, Shining Like Stars Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ It is always a pleasure to be at St. Mark. I was driving back from St. Louis, MO, when I received the news of the terrorist attacks in Paris. I was coming back after I did […]

What I am going to say may not be popular in the Church. A knee-jerk reaction to terrorist attacks is not Christian. We need a Spirit-filled reaction. Black lives matter… French lives matter… American lives matter… Muslim lives matter. Terrorists kill Muslims everyday more than all the French victims that were murdered on Friday. Muslims, […]

“See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. – Acts 8; 38 Throughout the nearly 1,400 year history of Islam, Muslims have resisted the Gospel. Many Christians tried to reach them […]

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but […]

For the 10th anniversary of my enrollment at CTSFW, I post an old article written in 2005, with some editing: The Jesus’ Touch “For me, the most thrilling ‘Jesus Touch’ of my life was when I was called to attend Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN,” said Hesham Shehab a missionary from Lebanon working […]

“Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut” Revelations 3: 8 Hundreds of hundreds of Syrian refugees are coming “to hear the Word of God, to be fed, to be treated by medical teams, and to be loved ,” Lebanese missionary Mohammad Yamout recently told a standing-room-only […]

Brother Mohammad Yamout is in the U.S. for a week. Do not miss his inspiring presentations at three locations: Peace Lutheran Church, 8 AM, Saturday, on Dec. 6, at 21W500 Butterfield Road, Lombard, IL 60148 Salam Christian Fellowship: on December 6 at 12: 30 pm, at Peace Lutheran Church, 21W500 Butterfield Road, Lombard, IL 60148. […]

Be Reconciled with Yahweh God revealed Himself by Hs name, Yahweh, to Moses. When the children of Israel sinned, Moses interceded for them and God pardoned their sin. He said, “I have pardoned according to your word, but truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh.” Numbers 14:21. […]

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Sometimes, we tend to focus upon the wrong things in Jesus’ parables. You can tell it by the names we give to […]

“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” Eph. 5: 14 http://www.sharifbible.com/2014%20Weekly%20Prayers/11-7-14.pdf The phenomenal spread of Islam in Europe and North America cannot escape one’s notice and attention. That growth is due largely to Muslims migrating to the West and Westerners converting to Islam. Islam’s ultimate goal is to […]