Good friends, inspiring music, beautiful songs and a light in the darkness of winter . . . . There was a very special feeling in the air at the Advent Conference at Brunstad, the first weekend in…
“Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God, which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ…
Authors in Hidden Treasures not associated with BCC “I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that…
Excerpt from the chapter “The Image of Christ” in the book “The Cost of Discipleship,” published in 1937. Translated from the German. In Jesus Christ, the image of God has come into our midst, in the…
When faced with trials and temptations, it is easy to seek comfort and help from people, or from other places. Isaiah asked at the time: “Should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead…
There is a great difference between being in the church because of the pleasant life with good friends locally and abroad, and being in God’s living church as one who is gripped of their heavenly…
In Acts 1:1 it is written “. . . of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.” The apostle John, who had been close to Jesus during the years of His ministry, writes in his first letter: “That . . .…
It is crucial for us to understand and take to heart how we hear, as Jesus exhorts us in Luke 8:18, in the parable of the sower: “Therefore, take heed how you hear!” In Jesus’ story of the rich man…
John was told to eat the book. “Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.” Rev.…