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  • August 2010 Newsletter: Discovering Your True Identity

    Are you a mom, friend, coworker, brother, or something much more? What does God's Word say about who you really are?

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  • Stuart's Briscoe Bulletin: Romania and Hungary

    How important is encouragement? Stuart writes about the recent ministry trip he and Jill made to Romania and Hungary, in which they gave encouragement and also received encouragement from those they visited.

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  • Jill's J-Mail Devotional: Raising Godly Children

    Raising godly kids in an ungodly world is difficult. How do you teach the children you influence to love God and follow after His ways? Jill explains the key in this month's J-Mail.

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  • Stuart's Briscoe Bulletin: Traveling in Southeast Asia By Plane,Train, Taxi,Tobaggan, River Ferry, “Put-Put,” and Elephant

    Stuart, Jill and their two grandsons recently traveled to the streets of China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Hong Kong, While there, they ministered to the local churches, met a Buddhist Monk who could speak at length about World Cup Soccer, but had never seen a Bible, and toured a mosque under the congenial welcome of a Pakistani mullah. Read as Stuart shares the amazing sights they saw and experiences they had throughout the Far East.

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  • Jill's June J-Mail Devotional: Rising Early To Be A Blessing

    If you find it hard to drag yourself out of bed in the morning to have time with God, Jill’s J-Mail will inspire you to see what God will do with that extra 10 minutes you give him each morning.

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  • Spring, 2010 Newsletter: Spiritual Arts & The Heart

    Are you settling for shallow faith, relationships, work, or prayer? Or are you living a life of substance, with your eyes fixed on the things that matter to God? We are meant to go deeper, to exerience abundant life that’s promised to us by Jesus. As Stuart, Jill and Pete write in the spring newsletter, when we align our hearts with the heart of God, we aren’t distracted by external things that matter little and don’t last...

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  • Stuart's Briscoe Bulletin: Winding Through Germany & Austria

    What do himmelfahrt, the autobahnen, the old Soviet Union, Martin Luther, and Johann Sebastian Bach all have in common? They were all part, in some way, of Stuart and Jill’s recent ministry to Germany and Austria. Read Stuart’s Briscoe Bulletin to learn about their recent trip and the vibrant German believers with whom Stuart and Jill have had a friendship for more than 50 years!

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    Stuart Briscoe

  • Memorial Day Article: Know Your Equipment

    On Memorial Day, as we honor soldiers, veterans, and those who have given their lives in service to their country, we should be reminded that as believers, we are in a daily spiritual battle against the enemy of our souls. What can we do to ensure we triumph over the evil around us?

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    Written for Decision Magazine by Stuart Briscoe

  • Acorn or Oak Tree?

    When you see an acorn fall to the ground, it might seem like its life is over, but in actuality, it’s just beginning. It has to die to its old life, hanging on the massive oak tree so it can grow into a tree of its own. Have you ever felt like a falling acorn, thrust from the familiar? As Jill shares in this month’s J-Mail, Christians are supposed to “die” to their personal ambitions and plans so that God can give them more towering, vibrant work. Read this month’s J-Mail, which includes a new poem by Jill.

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  • Stuart's May Letter: The Solution to "Heart Problems"

    Follow your heart... it sure sounds romantic and impulsive, but that advice can be very misguided when it comes to your spiritual life. The Bible says the heart is the wellspring of life, but it also says in Jeremiah that the heart is deceitful! Stuart teaches what it means to have a "heart problem" and the only solution to it.

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