Opportunity Lost

An interesting story emerged as a sideline to the recent Super Bowl 50 football game played between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos.  John Elway, now Denver’s General Manager and the winner of two Super Bowls as a player with Denver, was once made an extremely generous offer by the majority owner of the…

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Nunuku’s Law

  This year on Martin Luther King Junior Day I found myself on a small island few people ever visit, a place I never imagined I’d ever go. But given the day, there’s no place I would rather have been. 500 miles east of the South Island of New Zealand, Chatham Island—a third of the…

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Making Our Mark

A fresh new look—same inspired mission In 2016 It Is Written will celebrate 60 years of soul-winning media evangelism. As the adage goes, 60 is the new 40, and the new 40 wouldn’t be right without a fresh look. But that’s not the only reason for It Is Written’s new logo—a modern adaptation of the iconic quill. “We…

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Christmas: What Matters Most?

Christmas: What Matters Most? One of my older brothers—all of four or five years old at the time—had little money to buy Dad a Christmas gift. So he scratched together the few cents he could find and bought something he was sure Dad would like, wrapped it and put it under the Christmas tree.  My father…

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Donald Trump, Fury, and Opinion

Photo by Michael Vadon   One expects that during an election campaign promises will be made and statements uttered that challenge one’s patience and stretch the bounds of credulity. During the current election primaries one candidate in particular has made a number of statements that have upset a lot of people. One statement in particular…

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Mission: Mongolia Update

Even though many books have been written and sermons preached on the last verses in the Gospel of Matthew known as the Great Commission, those words can be summed in one simple sentence: Make friends for Jesus. That’s exactly what our team of volunteers determined to do from October 1 to 10 during the first…

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