September 25, 2025 The Oil of Effective Ministry—Loving Your Coworkers Do you have coworkers? Do you love them? If you say yes, is there evidence for your claim?... Read More Alan Patterson
August 07, 2025 Imitate the Farmer Who Loves His Work He sometimes worked 365 days a year. Yes, my Uncle Kermit, a dairy farmer for decades,... Read More Alan Patterson
June 05, 2025 Your Handling of Money Reveals Your Character (part 2) Money has an uncanny power both for good and for evil. In part one of this two-part... Read More Alan Patterson
May 29, 2025 Your Handling of Money Reveals Your Character (part 1) Want to know the true character of someone? Find out how that person handles money.... Read More Alan Patterson
April 17, 2025 Heavenly-Minded Praying About Earthly Needs Christians have the daily challenge of maintaining heavenly-mindedness in the midst of an... Read More Alan Patterson
October 31, 2024 Who Cares If Sinners Go to Hell? For the person outside of Christ, nothing is more serious than the reality of hell. No one... Read More Alan Patterson
February 15, 2024 Missionary Motivations Like all believers, missionaries have various motives for what they do in serving the... Read More Alan Patterson
October 19, 2023 Consecrated Lives from the Past Still Speak Missionary life demands full consecration. Without it, faithful, effective missionary... Read More Alan Patterson
April 27, 2023 Answers to Missionaries' Prayers A missionary’s life is in many ways a catalog of answers to prayer. Jan and I can... Read More Alan Patterson
January 17, 2023 The High Calling of Being a Missionary “I AM A MISSIONARY!” These are words I heard many times from Dr. Dreisbach, my... Read More Alan Patterson
August 25, 2022 A Missionary's Calling Should Intensify Our Prayers About His Travel Prayer Governed by God’s Calling In the first article about Paul’s praying... Read More Alan Patterson
July 07, 2022 How Should a Missionary Pray About Travel Plans? (Romans 1) Paul’s heartfelt explanation about his long-continuing desire to visit the Roman... Read More Alan Patterson