Pastor Todd Burpo and family travel the country relating their son’s experience in Heaven, offering renewed hope to millions of people in ‘Heaven Is For Real.’
Life is different now for Vicki Zaitz and her son, Jeff, both of Hibbing, Minn. For Vicki, a 45-year-old mother of two, finding Jesus Christ meant she turned away from a life of drugs. Jeff, 27, is still working through that process, but he is well on his way to freedom from the same self-destructive lifestyle.
Local pastor’s motivation to run a marathon with multiple sclerosis is to glorify Jesus Christ.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, andsin which clings so closely, andlet us runwith endurance the race that isset before us,looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despisingthe shame, andis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Some may think it unlikely that an older white man and young black boy would hit it off and become solid friends. But they did, and their friendship is very meaningful to both of them.
Years of addiction, including severe meth abuse, came to an end when Ken Chester entered the Northland Campus of Teen Challenge. A new life in Christ began.
Nathan Fahlin was a soldier who served his country in Iraq. After an improvised explosive device hit the vehicle he was driving, Fahlin suffered post-traumatic stress disorder. Godly men and women surrounded Fahlinwith love, understanding and prayer. Today, he can laugh again.