The Bible Story Family

  What do you call someone whose grandfather was a brother to your mother? I recently met Karl Pasche who is related to me in that way, but more importantly, is a brother in Christ. Karl and his wife were serving as missionaries in Thailand and expecting their second child when a routine checkup resulted in a diagnosis of spina bifida. The doctor recommended abortion because all spina bifida cases in Thailand are aborted. Instead, the Pasches returned to Minnesota where surgery was performed in the uterus. Their son is now a year old, and though he has medical issues, they plan to return to their work in Thailand. They have been in contact with the doctor there. She wants to meet their son and explore the possibility of developing at her hospital some of the medical techniques which made possible the saving of his life. In turn, Karl desires to share with her, and many others, the story of another Son, the Son of God, who makes possible eternal salvation. Pasches will be visi

  “Pray for Ukraine” has not been just a recent plea in our family. For twenty-four years, my brother-in-law Neil Cadwell traveled to Ukraine to maintain the work of the Slavic Bible Institute, a school he started. He took pastors and teachers with him who offered classes which prepared Ukrainians to serve God in their own country. Many of these pastors and Christian workers are now on the front-lines of providing spiritual and physical aid to the war-torn country. The Slavic Bible Institute still continues to offer training even during the war. Recent classes were taught under the leadership of Derek Thomas, who my wife and I had the privilege of working with when he was in Lithuania. Neil wrote a book before his death called “From the Corn Field to the Mission Field.” It tells the story not only of Ukraine but also the account of how God used him in the field of evangelism in eighty different countries. The book can be purchased from my sister Peggy Cadwell. Her email contact a

  1.       St. Valentine wrote a note signed “From your Valentine” to whom before he was martyred? The daughter of Judge Asterius. 2.       Who published a book of sermons called Love Stories of the Bible ? Billy Sunday 3.       Who receives the most Valentine Day cards? Teachers 4.       The first Valentine’s Day box of chocolates was invented by whom? Richard Cadbury 5.       What is the reason most people begin dating? Proximity 6.       In what year was the first Valentine sent? 1415 7.       In medieval times, what body organ was thought to produce love? The liver 8.       What color rose signifies joy and friendship? Yellow 9.       What is a love apple? Tomato 10.   Who did the prophet Hosea love in spite of her conduct? Gomer 11.   What was Isaac’s first clue that his beloved Rebekah was coming for their wedding? The camels were coming.. 12.   John the Baptist was beheaded because he told Herod it was wrong for him to marry his brot

 In 1943 Rev. Edwin Palmer Fosmark, who at that time  was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jamestown, North Dakota, was called to be the General Secretary of the Minnesota Baptist Convention, which was then affiliated with the Northern Baptist Convention. E. P. Fosmark had been reared in Enchant, Alberta, Canada, and had left home at the age of 13 to become a cowboy for the next 8 years, herding cattle and horses from Canada to Texas.  When he returned home at the age of 21, his older brother, Carl, who was a Norwegian Free Church of Canada pastor, led him to accept the Lord as his personal Saviour.  E. P. Fosmark immediately left for Chicago to attend the Moody Bible Institute.  After graduation in 1931, he entered Trinity Seminary, a Free Church seminary, which was then operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  While attending seminary, he also attended the great First Baptist Church, and came under the influence of Dr. W. B. Riley, who took him under his wing, and