There were some ups and downs. But it is about how you overcome those ups and downs.
The UK is becoming a pagan nation along with most European nations.
Our greatest concern is moving away from Christ as Lord.
My oldest son, Gary, is a seasoned minister and travels with me for ministers' conferences.
God has still a land covenant with Israel.
Our ministry is supported entirely by faith, through the missions gifts of readers who receive my messages every three weeks. We seldom mention money, and we never burden supporters.
There is a spiritual Israel and a natural Israel. God is committed to both. Neither replaces the other.
The environment is going to change very quickly.
Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America.
Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.
I have questioned God sometimes whether prayers have gone unanswered. But answered prayer is still harder to believe.
I have been playing since the third grade. It just makes me happy.
I don't have any fault steps. I play with good technique and good pad level.
The Teen Challenge Training Center on Pennsylvania farmland houses over 200 men in rehab. Other farms and centers have been birthed out of this ministry all over the world.
Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen.
Both of our daughters, Debbie and Bonnie, are also cancer survivors.
From the beginning, this has been a faith-based ministry.
America is a giving nation and very compassionate.
A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.
I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.
The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many.
I am not officially involved now in the direction of the Teen Challenge ministry, but I rejoice that God permits me to be the father of these ministries.
Europe as a whole is increasingly jesttisoning the old path of the Christian fathers.
Our ministry also supports orphanages in the U.S. and overseas, thousands of poor children in Latin America, drug centers for addicted men, and a drug center in Israel.
