Charitable Giving Under New Tax Laws – An Overview of Sensible Strategies
Now that the 2017 tax season is a wrap for most Americans, it’s time to start contemplating how the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will impact your current and future tax plans. One of the frequently asked questions we’ve been fielding is on...
Ministry Spotlight: Emmaus International
What is Emmaus International (Emmaus Correspondence School)? Through most of its 75 years, it’s been known as Emmaus Correspondence School (ECS Ministries), as nearly 100% of its ministry was through Emmaus Correspondence Courses. As it has continued to grow and respond to God’s leading, the words “Correspondence” and “School” no longer define every aspect of...
What do you and Julia Child have in common?
My daughter portrayed Julia Child in her school’s “wax museum”— an educational exercise in portraying a biographical figure. As often happens when kids learn new things, their parents do also. I learned that Julia Child was a Pasadena, California native who grew up, got married, and began her second career as a...
Using technology to declare the “wonderful works of God”
When God created Adam and Eve He created them with the ability to communicate, both with Himself and with each other. This communication between men was disrupted because of man’s pride at the Tower of Babel. But on the day of Pentecost, when the Church was born, there was a miraculous moment...
Funding the Gospel the World Over
Anyone called to a ministry such as Believers Stewardship Services (BSS) quickly learns of the impact of Larry Burkett. He may be more responsible than anyone for awakening the Church in North America to the importance of biblical finance. Larry was a best-selling author and appeared on numerous television programs. His books sold tens of millions...
Ways of Communicating
By: Rob Sullivan Different cultures at different times communicate in different ways. And practices in one part of the world or in one era may hold no meaning whatsoever in another place. However, in the world today, there may be a unifying way of communication which...
Welcome, Megan MacLeod
Megan MacLeod joined our staff March of 2017, assuming the role of Administrative Assistant. Megan was born in McKinney, Texas, moving shortly thereafter with her family to Oak Park, Illinois, and then Dubuque, Iowa, where her father became a professor of theology at Emmaus Bible College....
“Hi! Hello! What do you do?”
By: Ella Gentile Do you get a bit anxious when asked? Do you want to answer, “I am not defined by my profession!” but you also want to make a new friend and connection? (I am not admitting, nor denying to those being my initial reactions.)...
Ministry Spotlight: Associates for Biblical Research
The Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) is a Christian apologetics ministry dedicated to demonstrating the historical reliability of the Bible through archaeological and biblical research. It performs original research and has a team of archaeologists on its staff. Where are the digs located and how large...
Two are Better than One
Just days before our December wedding, I (Ella) sat on my bedroom floor tying dozens of pairs of candy canes together with red ribbon and a white scrap of paper with a verse on it to be used as favors at each place setting. The...
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